Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of slap bass players (electric bass)

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 no consensus. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 22:58, 22 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of slap bass players (electric bass)[edit]

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Unsourced since forever, problems with redlinks. Doesn't seem terribly verifiable. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 05:53, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - A redundant content fork of Slapping in addition to being a non-encyclopedic cross-categorization (bassists (X) who play a bass type (Y) in a certain way (Z)). Details should be restricted solely to reliably-sourced mentions within the greater context of the Slapping article. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 12:31, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:35, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:35, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Just logged in to LOL @ Suriel1981's tortuous reversal of the "not specific enough" rationale. I wish deletionists would harness some of their seemingly boundless creativity constructively. But hey, Suriel, if you can find that rationale in a WP rule somewhere, by all means let us know. Anarchangel (talk) 11:26, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Tom Morris (talk) 14:57, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Anarchangel, if you've got something useful to contribute to Wikipedia then just go ahead! Any time you feel like it, buddy. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 18:35, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Content is entirely unique to 'Slapping' article; no other rational rationales presented. 10lb is at a disadvantage, having to prove a negative, but I feel certain he is mistaken. Can't really be bothered to go look for more than one citation, but as expected, I found it in seconds. Example: Dave Allen of Shriekback is noted by RecordCollectorMag as playing "agit-slap bass". Anarchangel (talk) 20:30, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, v/r - T P 01:54, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep A list on a notable topic that includes (mostly) notable entries. Sourcing issues should be discussed on the article's tlakpage and is not the purpose of AfD. Lugnuts (talk) 07:50, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:ATD. Just because it's unsourced doesn't mean its contents aren't verifiable. Maybe the articles on some of those artists include cited references to their technique, which could be copied across. A merge to Slapping would be undue. -- Trevj (talk) 20:59, 20 March 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.