Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of political musicians

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The result of the debate was delete. - Mailer Diablo 09:12, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of political musicians

No criteria for why a "musician" would be on this list. Unmaintainable as it is overly broad. Currently lists only two musical groups. And, if nothing else, is improperly named, as a band is not a musician. --Wrathchild ^(talk) 20:57, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. How would this list be defined? Would Eminem or Madonna make the list because of one anti-Bush song after a pretty non-political career? Would a list that includes both Madonna and Billy Bragg be of any use at all? Gamaliel 20:59, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

~Delete. "Political Musicians" is not well-defined, and so cannot be used as a category.Cdcon 21:21, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons above. I'm still waiting to see a "List of wet fish" article. I know it's coming one day. PJM 21:24, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. It's too ambiguous a list and the temptation to add Ted Heath is to great to resist in the long term. Steve block talk 21:32, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. If there was a little more specificity to the article such as 'List of musicians who have run for office' or even 'List of prominent musicians who have recorded politically motivated songs" AND the list was significantly more inclusive, I could see keeping it and trying to make it comprehensive. but at BEST this is going to be a unreadable jumble of what every editor perceives as the meaning of the article title, and at worst will be unedited altogether. Phantasmo 21:37, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as a fundamentally incoherent concept. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by KrazyCaley (talk • contribs).
• Delete, way too vague for a list. --Squiddy | (squirt ink?) 17:01, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Does not state what "political" means. Arguably could include any muscian on the planet. Crunch 22:55, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as a list that appears to have been created just for the sake of having a list, i.e. listcruft. Stifle 00:57, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.