Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sinclair News Music Package

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 Keep.  (aeropagitica)  21:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sinclair News Music Package

Article about a music package for TV news programs. Non-notable; entirely too arcane for an encyclopedia. tregoweth 03:36, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

• For that matter, everything in Category:Television news music packages looks dubious. tregoweth 03:38, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as nn. --Terence Ong 04:16, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nn Oscar Arias 05:10, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Could someone explain what a TV music package is? The article doesn't say. Then maybe we could merge the whole crufty category in one article. Sandstein 07:11, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
  • It's the background music for a news program: the opening and closing theme, the backing track under a graphic or a commercial bumper, etc. Bearcat 10:12, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Almost certainly nn, but I would think that it can't really be treated differently than all the other similar packages listed at Category:Television news music packages. The whole thing is utter cruft, to my mind, but clearly someone is interested in this stuff. I'm willing to say delete if the whole category gets cancelled with it — I'm not going to support singling this one out as a uniquely nn example within the larger category. Bearcat 10:12, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep millions of people hear the contents of these music packages and may be curious as to their origin. killing off the entire category would be be a profound disservice to wikipedia, and singling out this one entry would be bizarre, as Sinclairis a notable name in broadcasting. The fact that some people may not already be familiar with the nature and creation of these music packages does not make them nn - they are widespread, and, again, they are heard by millions daily. effort should be undertaken to integrate these music-package articles more thoroughly into the articles about their corporate creators, so that they are not orphans. that is the only problem here - lack of integration. merging, however, is not neccessary or desirable. Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr. 14:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Suggestion: though we have the several articles on individual packages, as far as I can tell we have no general article on television news music package, or news music for that matter. A basic article would supply helpful context. Smerdis of Tlön 17:38, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
    • I left a note at the talkpage of the guy who made all the package articles; if he doesn't do it, I might try something. Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr. 16:25, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep; no reason to single this article out for deletion, and Sinclair is a clearly notable broadcaster. "Too arcane" is not a criterion for deletion. That said, the article seems grossly incomplete without significant content information. Monicasdude 15:06, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep; Wikipedia is not paper, so no curious background information is "too arcane". Smerdis of Tlön 16:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep seems notable to me Funky Monkey 17:12, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - arcane is good. That's why we use the encyclopedia, to look up stuff we don't know. ProhibitOnions 20:03, 14 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.