Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rap is not music

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result of the debate was Speedy delete. KnowledgeOfSelf 15:53, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rap is not music

Is it true that rap is not music? If it's true, then this article should be kept otherwise it should be deleted. StarTrek 22:18, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep It is true that rap is indeed not music, but this article needs to be cleaned up. TreeFrogz 22:22, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. While the dictionary might not define rap as music, it is commonly referred to as music. Science3456 22:25, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• This article is currently a very highly opinionated position paper, which is not encyclopedic. Any attempt to approach a neutral point of view presupposes the article's fundamental precept (as summarised by its title) is a prominent, notable or significant viewpoint. There is no verifiable evidence for this, so delete. Sliggy 22:26, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Sliggy. -Big Smooth 22:29, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with hip hop and state that "rap is not a kind of music" is an opinion that is held by some people. Gardgate 22:29, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as inherently POV, although I do concur... Sandstein 22:32, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as opinion piece, OR, and POV. Though I'm inclined to agree with the viewpoint, it has no place here. Fan1967 22:50, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as WP:BALLS. Utter closed-minded nonsense. bikeable (talk) 22:57, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Article is inherently POV. Also, music stores like Sam Goody and Best Buy stock rap CDs intermixed with the rest of the music CDs, and the music industry gives awards to rappers. Also, if you pirate a rap CD, the music industry will come after you. Hence, it qualifies as music, even if played at volumes that approximate the Richter scale. --Elkman - ^(talk) 23:05, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete All opinion, without a decent title. If a piece on the arguments relating to the content is deemed necessary, the page should be something like "arguments concerning the musicology of rap" with both sides of the argument represented. R.braithwaite 23:55, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. OR and POV. --Allen 23:56, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Sliggy. Sir E. D. W. Lynch 00:00, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete The title is unfixable POV. — Adrian Lamo ·· 00:22, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. While the article is correct, it isn't encyclopaedic. --Rory096 00:57, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy DeleteNo sources, and Blantant POV. --Z.Spy 01:02, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete per Z.spy JoshuaZ 03:17, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as OR, POV. I agree with it though.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 04:09, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. POV rant probably sparked by the rap song winning the Oscar the other night. ;-) 23skidoo 04:50, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as speedily as possible. Note that I have deleted various duplicates at names like Rap is crap etc. FreplySpang (talk) 21:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Does the "attack page" criterion apply to groups as well as individuals? If so, I think this could be speedied on that basis. --Allen 01:59, 9 March 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.