Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Heltah Skeltah (album)
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result of the discussion was: speedy keep. Absence of delete rationale. Separately from that, the true nominator withdrew from the process. (The formal nominator did not offer an opinion.) (non-admin closure) —Alalch E. 22:42, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
This draft was nominated at AfD by Drm310 (talk · contribs), even though drafts are not discussed there. Their rationale follows:
Unreleased album, doesn't meet WP:NALBUM. Sources are unreliable per WP:GENIUS and WP:RSPYT (YouTube link is broken anyway). Already covered in Helter Skelter (The D.O.C. album).
— User:Drm310 16:25, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
While this would be a valid-enough AfD rationale for an article, I must concede these are not necessarily reasons to delete a draft. Nonetheless, that an AfD was started means that procedurally this must come here. I do note that there was a PROD-deleted article in 2011 at Heltah Skeltah (album); if about the same album, the existence of this draft could be at least a de facto contesting of that long-ago deletion. Beyond all that, I offer no opinion or further comment. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 16:36, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- Keep. Would absolutely delete as an article, but the standard for drafts are far more lax. Is an article on this subject likely to be notable? I doubt it. But is it plausible to retain in draft form in hopes of future coverage arising so it could be published someday? Sure. Sergecross73 msg me 17:05, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- Keep - Another case of a draft accidentally nominated for AFD where a nomination of an article would have been correct, so that the nomination there is closed, and the draft is nominated here at MFD. We don't know whether the nominator meant to be nominating an article or a draft. We know that there isn't a reason to delete the draft. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:45, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- Speedy keep, WP:SK#1, not deletion rationale. Everything stated is a reason for it to be in draftspace, not deleted from draftspace. SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:09, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
- Withdraw My apologies for not understanding the distinction regarding AfD nominations of drafts vs. mainspace articles. I'll educate myself on the process to avoid making this mistake again. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:03, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- 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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.