Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Speak My Mind (2nd nomination)

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 Keep. Whether to merge or not is an editorial decision; please continue this discussion on the article talk page. - filelake shoe 19:22, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speak My Mind[edit]

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Only source about the mixtape itself is an Allmusic tracklisting. The Allmusic entry does not even have a simple star review or a list of credits. The album did not chart, and there are hardly any reliable sources to write with. Adabow (talk · contribs) 08:04, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 12:55, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

~~Neutral~~ Week keep: I have worked on this article quite a bit but it is only a digital album/mix tape. I can't see this article ever becoming a good article like what the Beyoncé wikiproject is attempting to do with all her articles. I don't think we'll ever have any major sources for the album other than what tracks are on it. I don't really want it deleted but I can't say I care too much. RatiziAngelou^contribs 19:16, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of the article is "ABC song was on Speak My Mind. It was originally recorded for XYZ." Is this really worth keeping? Adabow (talk · contribs) 21:38, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral I would really like to keep the page as it is the only mixtape Knowles has had, but I really can not find anything else to help the page stay... Perhaps a "hold on" and make the page noticable to everyone on the WikiProject? Than after a week, if the page hasn't expanded, than it is time for deletion? Theuhohreo (talk) 01:40, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The article was redirected four years ago, and was recreated. It has been sitting stagnant for a long time, and all we have here now is a tracklisting, and a few paragraphs of prose outlining the tracklisting. I believe there have been multiple efforts to expand the page, but in vain. Adabow (talk · contribs) 01:46, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay so I tried using all of my resources to find information on this page and it is borderline impossible! If the "information" in this article is not enough to keep it an article, than it is inevitable that the page be deleted/redirected. Although I would vote for a redirect, as noted by Ratizi below me :] Theuhohreo (talk) 21:06, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note this album is already in her discography page with the track list outlined. We could opt to merge with her discography but we wouldn't really have to do anything. It already presents all needed information there. RatiziAngelou^contribs 20:21, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep or merge. It contains twelve sources (more that any other stub-class album I've seen) so it may pass some points of WP:GNG, but a merge sounds better per Ratizi. If someone wants to expand it further would be better. Tbhotch* ^{۩ ۞} 05:33, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would like someone one to expand it because I honestly don't even know how to search for reviews for this album. RatiziAngelou^contribs 01:44, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried to research review for the album, and their is completely nothing (excluding blog sites clearly)... The information on the article is probably the most information one could find, unfortunately :/ Theuhohreo (talk) 20:06, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well what exactly constitutes what must be in an album article that is completely and utterly necessary or else it means it's article must be deleted? What is this article lacking that by anyone and everyone's standards say it must have? RatiziAngelou^contribs 02:08, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It fails WP:GNG. Apart from a tracklisting, there are no sources included about the mixtape itself. The prose only mentions what songs are on the tape, whether they are new and what albums they were on previously. This is a waste of readers' time. Adabow (talk · contribs) 04:29, 26 April 2011 (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.