Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Relationship of Larry Norman and Randy Stonehill

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The result was withdrawn. Article will be listed as merge candidate. --Guy Macon (talk) 20:52, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relationship of Larry Norman and Randy Stonehill

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Fancruft. Gamaliel (talk) 20:48, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge We need a much better justification than fancruft to delete something. In this case we have detailed referenced information. Really the question should be should this be a standalone article or should content be merged to the articles on the two people. In this situation I would say merge as many of the references are primary, but there are also plenty of independent references as well. However it is unclear that as a "relationship" there is enough to say this is a standalone notable topic. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:15, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is part of a larger effort to reduce a huge load of bloat, much of which is also fancruft. As I pointed out at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard#Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, nobody needs to know that Gary Burris played bass guitar for People! for four hours in 1974, even if it is properly sourced.

I would have no objection to merging this with Larry Norman, but I have already gone through Relationship of Larry Norman and Randy Stonehill and duplicated everything usable at Larry Norman. So, if the consensus is to merge, do I just replace the article with a redirect? That would preserve the history for anyone who wants to mine the information in the future. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:27, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No objection to a merge from me. Delete or merge, as long as this goes away. Gamaliel (talk) 21:30, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:15, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Larry Norman and replace with a redirect, leaving the article history and talk page history intact in case some future researcher (of Larry Norman or of Wikipedia Bloat) wants to dig thought it. --Guy Macon (talk) 16:09, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gamaliel, would you object to withdrawing this RfD so we can list this as a merge candidate like we did Phydeaux Records and a bunch of other pages? --Guy Macon (talk) 23:44, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

no objection. I'm on my phone though so someone else will have to formally close it and such. Gamaliel (talk) 19:59, 29 June 2013 (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.