Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter and the Wolf ("Weird Al" Yankovic & Wendy Carlos album)
- 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 was Snow keep. There's no way this will go any other way, and there's nothing to be gained by letting it stay open just so the participants can trade bitchy comments. – iridescent 15:41, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
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Unsourced since 2007. Absolutely zero sourcing found. Album did not chart and was not reveiewed as far as I could find. Notability is WP:NOTINHERITED from the album being released by two notable artists, and I see absolutely no way in which this meets WP:NALBUMS. Prod declined. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 21:29, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
- Strong Keep. Memorable article by two notable artists; the only effect of deletion would be to unnecessarily change an entry on their discographies from a bluelink to a redlink. This is a pointless, worthless nomination, and I came close to unilaterally speedy-keeping the article, if only in an effort to induce the nominator to stay away from the AfD pages. Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:41, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
- @Newyorkbrad: Grudge much? I love how you completely gloss over "no sourcing found" and think that it should be kept just because the artists are notable. Did you not read WP:NALBUMS and WP:NOTINHERITED? How about WP:WAX? Every single word of your !vote is completely flawed, and it's clear that you only came here to wikihound me because you think I'm a moron. Either !vote based on the nomination, not the nominator, or leave me the hell alone. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 21:59, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
- Keep. I agree with Newyorkbrad that we shouldn't go out of our way to create gaps in our coverage of the works of significant artists: it just doesn't improve the encyclopedia. In this case: per the Chicago Tribune(1989): "Yankovic`s other breakout project, an album featuring fractured versions of Prokofiev`s 'Peter and the Wolf' and Saint-Saens` 'Carnival of the Animals-Part Two' done with high-tech composer Wendy Carlos and released last year, earned him good notices and a Grammy nomination in the category of children`s recording." [1] (See also Grammy Award for Best Album for Children#1980s.) --Arxiloxos (talk) 22:27, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
- Keep. The artists are notable, it was nominated for a Grammy, and now has a legitimate source. I'm sure there are more out there, but it's just a matter of taking time to get those sources. But I also strongly dislike the fact that this article has been nominated for deletion, when it merely could have been quietly redirect to a discography page or something, and then quietly recreated when enough sources were found.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 22:37, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
- Keep. In addition to the Grammy nomination mentioned above by Arxiloxos, there is a 2nd write-up in the Chicago Tribune (1988), and further coverage in People magazine (1988), and Keyboard magazine (1988; snippet 1, 2). Subject meets WP:GNG and WP:NALBUMS. Gongshow talk 22:41, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
- Keep per WP:BEFORE and the work to find sources in seconds, as demonstrated above. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 10:27, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
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