Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of music videos using animation (2nd nomination)

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The result was no consensus to delete. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:10, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of music videos using animation

Also a non-defining, poorly sourced list. Some entries are by red link artists, and there isn't a single source in sight. I fail to see how the use of animation in a music video is a notable criterion. Survived the last AFD based on only two WP:ILIKEIT votes, one of the stupidest closures I've ever seen. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Many otters • One hammer • HELP)} 19:18, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete simply because if this list were anywhere near complete it might contain thousands upon thousands of entries. Will never be usefull. Much more suited for a super-category. Drawn Some (talk) 19:24, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete. This is a reasonable enough list but a category would be much better to maintain this properly. Stifle (talk) 20:48, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 21:27, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 21:28, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Wow, no danger of anyone arguing WP:INTERESTING or WP:USEFUL on this one, because it's neither. Mandsford (talk) 21:39, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral. It's impossible to learn anything from this list as it stands. The use of animation in music videos is so widespread as to make this list of no interest. But there are some notable uses, like Daft Punk, Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer, a-ha's Take on Me, Devo, Michael Jackson, etc. and there are literally hundreds of news sources referring to animation in music videos. I found an indepth interview in an animation magazine about the use of animation in music videos after a quick search, there might be more out there:[1]. Maybe an article on Animation in music videos could discuss the history of it and mention the more notable uses, without being a list of every single use ever? Fences and windows (talk) 01:28, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. —PC78 (talk) 14:13, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep In spite of claims made above, this listing has been EXTREMELY useful to me in finding animated music videos, many of which I would NOT have found through ANY other extant venue. I would not have been able to find virtually any of the international mvs that weren't British or American anywhere else. Maybe some people don't like Lists, but I loathe the limitations set upon Categories, which I often find are difficult to read and very troublesome to search. As for Red-Links, well, that just indicates what needs to be worked upon, doesn't it? I do agree with the above that more and more mvs are using animation and that at some point (if not already) it will be so common as to make a comprehensive list very difficult and that an article would be very helpful (but not a perfect replacement. However, you do not kill your kid if there are more kids in the daycare than you can count. BTW, there's nothing like 'stacking the ballot box' by removing the Rescue Template, is there? CFLeon (talk) 20:16, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep This article is a list of categorized primary-source citations. Even incomplete, even if it would be hard to handle if completed, categorized primary-source citations are valuable. I don't see the reasoning here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Randwolf (talk • contribs) 21:26, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The article survived a similar question back in 2005 (as is noted on the talk page), and it can hardly have become less useful since then. Fences and Windows raises the interesting possibility of an Animation in music videos page, which I would strongly support within the limits of my interest in the subject; that sounds like a fine article, but it is not the question currently under debate. Until such a page does exist, I think this list should remain as a precursor to it. If there is no superior article, let's not throw out the admittedly flawed list that exists now until we have something better with which to replace it. Wyvern (talk) 04:40, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I have found this article useful on occasion - John Williamson, 9 May 2009 Comment was made by an IP address. Icestorm815 • Talk 18:58, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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