Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Slide (guitar)

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, no consensus on merge, see Wikipedia:Merge for instructions on pursuing that. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 13:23, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Slide (guitar)

There is little information in this article which is not in Slide guitar, and what isn't could easily be merged in. The creator makes a case for the existence of the page on its talk page, but I think the problems of conflicting terminology could easily be resolved with a few redirects and a "terminology" section. Hairy Dude 15:56, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

• Merge any useful information in to Slide guitar and delete once done.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  16:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
• Merge per nom. Dawson 17:54, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. See Talk:Lap slide guitar#Steel, slide, bottleneck for some more background. The problem is, there are several different, incompatible and strongly held views as to what the term slide guitar means. On the other hand, there's general agreement about what a guitar slide is (the term covers both steel and bottleneck), so we can use this to provide a relatively uncontroversial introduction, without assuming any of the competing traditions. Interested in other ways of doing it, but going back to the previous situation (which is what this proposal amounts to) would be a shame IMO. This article is part of a larger project, see resonator guitar for example, to take a step back and present material added by many guitarists each knowledgable about specific traditions in a coordinated and NPOV fashion. Andrewa 20:19, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. The slide and slide guitar are two separate subjects, and Slide (guitar) deserves to remain its own article. — TheKMan^talk 18:21, 30 April 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.