Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/YJM308 Yngwie Malmsteen Overdrive

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The result was Merge/Redirect with/to Yngwie Malmsteen. Merge completed prior to closing by Pmedema. JERRY ^talk _contribs 19:37, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] YJM308 Yngwie Malmsteen Overdrive

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Article is unencyclopedic fan written advert for a non-notable celebrity endorsed product. Unless every item in the Martha Stewart line is getting a page, this doesn't need one either. All the 'sources so far are pretty much commcercial vendors or blogs. There's no asserted notability outside if Malsteen's name on it. ThuranX (talk) 00:02, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

• comment - I won't say keep or delete because I've contributed to the article. I feel this is a notable article because it is a series based on notable people who have helped in their creation and more to come based on the citations in the article. Discuss as you feel but all of the article is cited and referenced as per WP:V.. as to WP:N I leave up to you.--Pmedema (talk) 03:02, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
• DeleteMerge(see comment below) - the artist is notable but as ThuranX says, notability is not passed on like a Midas Touch to every product endorsed by notable people. Minus the endorsement, the article is a brief and confusing description of an otherwise unremarkable object. Wikipedia is not an advertising site. Euryalus (talk) 04:31, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
• Merge to Yngwie. See the equipment section of the Eddie Van Halen article for an excellent model on how to deal with a musician recreating their personal equipment with manufacturers. Miami33139 (talk) 07:20, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
• Merge as above. Not a notable product on its own. Lankiveil (talk) 13:47, 4 January 2008 (UTC).
• Merge to Yngwie Malmsteen. Although this doesn't strictly fit into his "Equipment" section (since it appears to be an Yngwie-endorsed recreation of the original DOD250 pedal which he uses himself), it could certainly be discussed there. --Stormie (talk) 02:29, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
• Merge per above, and previous precedent that somewhat notable instruments should be merged into articles of their musician user, to Yngwie Malmsteen. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 20:02, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment - as a contributer to this article I see no problem with Merge.--Pmedema (talk) 15:51, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment - As there seems to be a consensus for a merge, would someone with a good background knowledge of the issue like to go ahead and do it? I suspect the only thing holding up the closure of this AfD is that the closing admin would have to also do the merge work which is something of a disincentive. Euryalus (talk) 22:00, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Please Close - In an effort of boldness I have merged the core information into Yngwie Malmsteen#Equipment and redirected. --Pmedema (talk) 18:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

• Comment - the merge looks great and is clearly in keeping with the consensus in the AfD. I have reverted the redirect for now because it overwrites the AfD notice and may cause confusion among anyone who still wishes to add something to this debate (per the Guide to deletion). Other than this minor point, thanks for merging this and hopefully this speeds the close of the debate. Euryalus (talk) 19:46, 9 January 2008 (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.