Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of compositions by Lou Harrison

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The result was keep. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:25, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of compositions by Lou Harrison[edit]

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Does not appear to warrant a split from Lou Harrison and could easily be merged into his article; the size of the list is fairly small hence not really in need of a list. – Meena • 21:59, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Music, and Lists. – Meena • 21:59, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 12:56, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Lou Harrison as a new section in his article. (Technically, this would be a revert to the state of affairs before June 24.) Having this list at Harrison's article seems sufficient to me. I agree with the nominator that the split is not necessary, especially since there seems to be a lack of sources that assess Harrison's works in list form. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:06, 2 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Harrison was astoundingly prolific, and the list is potentially expandable to very considerable length. There is certainly no lack of sources, Von Gunden's Music of Lou Harrison having a bulky appendix. I don't see a clear guideline at Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical music, but why would this case be different from featured articles like Percy_Grainger#Music?Sparafucil (talk) 20:03, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, do not merge. I am fairly unconvinced by the nominator's rationale, which does not cite any guidelines or policy. The rather subjective 'the size of the list is fairly small', fails to convince me when the list in question is 100+ works. Thus, I don't think a list of this many entries belongs in a general biography article for WP, so having a different article seems much more appropriate. Aza24 (talk) 02:54, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to type out a distinct policy for my vote, but there are several that are relevant here. Especially WP:NLIST saying that a list topic must be notable in its own right beyond serving as a collection of things; plus WP:NOTCATALOG saying that WP tries to avoid a bare list of items with no surrounding context on why they should be laid out in list form. The moral of this story is that the whole must be greater than the sum of the parts. In conclusion, this gentlemen created a lot of compositions. That's not particularly notable when his existing biographical article already describes his long and successful career. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:28, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:30, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Both articles are not very small, hence the WP:SPINOUT/WP:SPINOFF was reasonable. Maybe more than size alone, WP:UNDUE was a consideration. Also, let's not start an AfD about every decision someone makes or an argument about every dissenting opinion someone expresses. There is much more gain to be made in the article space! gidonb (talk) 12:55, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:13, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, do not merge per comment above. Sparafucil (talk) 00:06, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Reasonable WP:SPINOFF and WP:SIZESPLIT per above arguments. SBKSPP (talk) 01:18, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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