Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Lost Tapes: Circa 1989

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The result was merge to Tupac Shakur. Spartaz ^Humbug! 06:37, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Lost Tapes: Circa 1989[edit]

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I can't find significant coverage for this album. Joe Chill (talk) 22:34, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This situation is addressed in WP:NALBUMS, which states in a nutshell that bootlegs, unto themselves, are not notable, unlike the released albums. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 23:56, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Bootlegs are not notable without substantial coverage in independent reliable sources. None provided, none found. - SummerPhD (talk) 00:22, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. This listing from Allmusic suggests that it has been released by several labels including Koch Records (confirmed by other sources), which would strongly suggest that it isn't a bootleg, but the best coverage found was: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. Perhaps not enough for a separate article, though worthy of a mention in the artist's article.--Michig (talk) 09:23, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 12:57, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge/redirect to Tupac Shakur Although the sources found by Michig are not enough to establish independent notability, the sources justify a merge. Cunard (talk) 22:11, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge (and leave redirect behind) any useful content to Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991. I'm not sure that the above commenters noted that latter article, which is basically the exact same "album" except released 7 years later under a different title (this time with the permission of Pac's mom Afeni Shakur who controls his estate as far as I know). A couple of minor pieces of info from The Lost Tapes: Circa 1989 would be useful in Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991 so I think merge rather than delete is the way to go here (I'm willing to take care of merging if that's how this is closed). Finally since Tupac is considered one of the more important hip-hop artists of all time, basically every album put out under his name is worthy of coverage and will have discussion in secondary sources, it's just that we don't need two articles to describe what is basically one album released under two different titles. --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 01:29, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Cunard, unsure about the redirect (who's going to search for the exact title?)Underlying lk (talk) 06:07, 23 October 2009 (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.