Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boy in a Box

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 redirect to The Boy in the Box (disambiguation). Clear consensus against a standalone article; the argument for redirecting to the DAB page is persuasive, and nobody has argued against a link to the other proposed target there. Vanamonde (Talk) 02:20, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Boy in a Box[edit]

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Unreferenced article. Not clear that the subject passes WP:GNG or WP:NALBUM due to lack of sources. 4meter4 (talk) 17:31, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:34, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Article isn't actually unreferenced; there are three sources in the ratings template that are formatted as outgoing links without ref tags. However, two of those are blatantly blogs (the one marked as a permanent dead link actually isn't; here's the archive) and the Austin American-Statesman page appears to be both a permanent dead link and the only potentially reliable coverage I can find for this album. Johnny Goudie doesn't look like much from a brief skim, but without a standing PROD/AfD on it, I don't see why we shouldn't redirect there. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 04:42, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris ^talk! 22:32, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:31, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per nom and QuietHere. Walt Yoder (talk) 21:25, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per previous two, or keep if more reviews are found through WP:Library or otherwise. --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 11:21, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. In my opinion a direct redirect would not be ideal per WP:PRIMARYTARGET. A redirect at Boy in a Box should really go to The Boy in the Box (disambiguation) where there are several possible search targets with similar language. Honestly the most likely target article for this language would be the Murder of Joseph Augustus Zarelli who was widely known as ""Boy in the Box" / "Boy in a Box" in the national and international press for decades until his body was identified in 2022 through DNA more than 65 years after his murder in 1957. (indeed I came across this article while trying to reach that one) We could then mention the album and link to the artist on that disambiguation page.4meter4 (talk) 19:04, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- I think the difference between "boy in a box" and "boy in the box" is sufficient, but I don't feel strongly against the redirect being to The Boy in the Box (disambiguation). Walt Yoder (talk) 19:10, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Understood. I will point out that we have had a long standing hat note to The Boy in the Box (disambiguation) at this page (it was added in July 2008 to the article); so the need to disambiguate this title seems to be standing consensus at this article's history.4meter4 (talk) 19:16, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Here is an example of a source demonstrating the disambiguation need, considering the term "Boy in a Box"'s in connection with the Murder of Joseph Augustus Zarelli: Michale Rubinkam, The Associated Press (December 8, 2022). "66 years later, Philadelphia's 'Boy in a Box' has a name". York Dispatch. Best.4meter4 (talk) 21:15, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect As per QuietHere. MrsSnoozyTurtle 01:56, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.