Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Indian playback singers

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. WP:SNOW The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:45, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of Indian playback singers[edit]

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Blatant advertising. "Comments" section is full of gushy quotes like "is known for his voice similar to that of legendary Kishore Kumar. He is also known as Price of Pop in Pakistan and is famous all over the world." Not a single source in sight. Blatant spam magnet, with lots of people throwing their own names on. There's just so much spam here, and the potential for more, so we gain nothing with this article but people pimping themselves out. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 21:58, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's a mess. I just haven't had time to work on it. I do think it's necessary, however. If we didn't have this page, people would trying to jam their favorite singers into the Bollywood article, which is already a bloated tribute to fan obsession. Instead of throwing it out because it's bad, help make it better. That would mean removing everything except name, awards, and sourced comments. Zora (talk) 00:25, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

" If we didn't have this page, people would trying to jam their favorite singers into the Bollywood article." So they either jam it there or jam it here. Catch-22 much? Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 01:22, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:42, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:43, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:43, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep AfD is not for Clean up. --Anbu121 (talk me) 01:24, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Needs sources and tidying, but not deletion. --Michig (talk) 06:29, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Seems to be a decent list for playback singers. Just needs improvement in sources and structure. Not a delete. Bleubeatle (talk) 07:03, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Agreed that it needs improvement not deletion. Shyamsunder (talk) 07:44, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment this topic seems better suited to a category than a list article. WesleyDodds (talk) 13:45, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It is an overall informative list, which needs some work. Like all have said, AfD is not for cleanup. Its my friendly advice to the nominator to withdraw. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 11:52, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article needs cleanup. Torreslfchero (talk) 11:56, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I don't understand nominator's rationale. Those are all reasons to clean the article and not delete. And almost all entries in it are blue links. Where is "lots of people throwing their own names" coming from? §§AnimeshKulkarni (talk) 21:24, 12 August 2012 (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.