Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of LGBT composers

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 delete. --Akhilleus (talk) 22:11, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of LGBT composers[edit]

Of all the professions where it could be considered, useful, interesting or pertinent to have a list of gay professionals, such as politicians, clergy, activists or sportspeople, composers do not come to mind. A list of LGBt composers does not seem particularly striking or helpful. Best leave it to the category and delete this list. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 00:24, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and add entries to Category:Gay musicians and Category:LGBT musicians from the United States, as appropriate.--Ispy1981 01:37, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - this adds no information that would make it superior to a category. --Charlene 01:47, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This would probably make superior to the category. Daniel ⁵¹²⁷ 01:55, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete should be added to a category. Oysterguitarist~Talk 03:15, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - although OTHERSTUFFEXISTS isn't an excuse, honestly I'm not seeing any reason why this list is any worse than any of the other lists of composers in Category:Lists of composers. If deleted then Category:LGBT composers should be created for its constituents. Otto4711 07:21, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 09:07, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 09:07, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I have added all the composers who were LGBT to Category:LGBT composers. It would seem many people have been added to the list who are not gay - another reason to delete given who misleading it is. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 13:34, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, cleanup is generally the answer to content issues, not deletion. Otto4711 14:16, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not if the article is not worth keeping anyway. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 14:19, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete Unless the composers fashioned a new wave of "gay music" I can hardly see what somebody's sexual preferences has to do with them composing music. For example, there is really almost no evidence Tchaikovsky's music would have turned out any different had he been straight. Bulldog123 22:01, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete & Recategorize If this list exists, it should be in a format such as: Category:LGBT musicians > LGBT composers > LGBT male composers. The current set-up neccesitates that gay composers are each tagged with two seperate categories, which is needlessly redundant. --Xiaphias 20:02, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as category will do just fine. Gold♥ 21:06, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep The reason for deletion amounts to IDONTLIKEIT. more precisely,making this list wouldn't have occurred to me The supplementary reason that some of the people don't belong is an editing question.DGG 00:33, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - its existence does not harm Wikipedia. Davodd 00:18, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep seems to be pretty well sourced.--Sefringle^Talk 22:44, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Music (and the arts in general) have contributed greatly to the LGBT community - an vice-versa. That seems like a logical reason to keep this list, IMO. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 19:14, 30 June 2007 (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.