Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of best-selling female R&B groups

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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:26, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of best-selling female R&B groups[edit]

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Nearly all of the content of this article is already shown in List of best-selling girl groups, which although is in need of more sources, includes all genres and worldwide regions. No compelling reason for separation of R&B genre, and this R&B list is exclusively U.S.-based. The section at the end with the chart tally doesn't seem to have any method by which groups were included. Suggest deletion or at very least merging with the main List of best-selling girl groups article. - eo (talk) 12:16, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:53, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:53, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Rename List of best-selling R&B groups and expand. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:39, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but expand away from the US focus. Genre definitions are always a problem but there's a clear distinction between the top band in the list of best selling girl groups and the one at the top of the best selling female R&B groups. MLA (talk) 21:33, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:18, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a matter of personal preference toward this sort of list not being on Wikipedia. "Best-selling" is so vague... does it refer to traditional album sales only? Does it refer to iTunes sales only? Does it include downloads via Amazon or other download stores? Even if such a list were to include all possible sources, it would be an ever-changing list and difficult to maintain. Strikerforce (talk) 05:40, 27 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Wikipedia is not a list (WP:NOT) KoshVorlon'_Nal^uboutes _Aeria^Gloris 20:09, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger _{One ping only} 01:46, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, genre definition is indeed a problem; in fact, the sources cited don't identify these as R&B groups, and several of them use variations of the language "one of the top-selling female pop groups." Chick Bowen 00:33, 5 March 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.