Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Now That's What I Call Music! 66 (U.S. series)

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The result was delete and redirect to Now That's What I Call Music! discography. Randykitty (talk) 16:30, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Now That's What I Call Music! 66 (U.S. series)

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No indication of notability. Searches did not turn up the type of in depth coverage to show it passes WP:GNG, and nothing in the article shows it passes WP:NALBUM. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 02:10, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 02:10, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Chris Troutman (talk) 06:03, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This appears to be part of a notable series, since apparently we've chosen to create a page for each installment, with almost 100 UK entries and 66 US entries. I expect the Australian ones should all be deleted out of principle, since they have terrible taste in music (only Australia would have a pop band called Kisschasy), but this must not be the majority view.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 19:41, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I would suggest a redirect to Now That's What I Call Music! discography since it is extremely doubtful significant coverage of this specific volume will ever exist.

The series may be notable but not each individual volume. Despite them selling well and charting, they do not otherwise receive coverage in 3rd party sources. There have been some initial discussions about what to do about these on the talk page of the main article over the years but without much traction, mainly because it's a bit of a task. I finally got something off the ground by creating a draft at User:Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars/Now UK, where the idea would be to include the more significant, sourceable info and redirect the individual album articles. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 21:00, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That seems a thankless task in the long run, to me. I've seen AfDs for these articles over the years and the articles keep getting recreated, as far as I can tell. The very nature of Wikipedia allowing everyone to edit puts boundaries on what we can reasonably do. E.g., Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Now That's What I Call Music! 86 (UK series), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Now That's What I Call Music! 29 (U.S. series), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Now That's What I Call Music! 68 (U.K. series).--Milowent • ^hasspoken 04:16, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Those were all nominated because they were created well before their actual release. More recent consensus suggests something should be done (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Now That's What I Call Music! 51 (UK series) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Now That's What I Call Music! 52 (UK series)), and both of those articles are now redirects. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 18:11, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz ^Humbug! 05:11, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment these always meet the letter of WP:NALBUM once they're released; this one is released in less than a month and there's no reason to delete it for that time period. The argument that these are better handled as redirects to a single article is compelling, if this closes as Redirect I am likely to start a merge proposal / RFC to merge all of them. power~enwiki (π, ν) 19:09, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:03, 2 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect - I am in agreement with Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars and Power~enwiki - these should all be merged to a single article about the series. Each individual album on its own does not require a separate article unless it is exceptionally remarkable. I'll keep an eye on this and am happy to help with the task when the time comes. An RfC sounds like the best first step. Richard ⁰⁶¹² 09:27, 3 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - It's been released, and it's just as notable as the other albums in the series. The albums all meet WP:NALBUM. You'd have to go out of your way to have a deletion discussion for each of the individual articles on all of the albums. Paintspot Infez (talk) 15:28, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've started an RFC. power~enwiki (π, ν) 20:16, 7 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- And I've withdrawn that RFC. One of the results of the discussion is that it was noted NALBUM does not appear to be sufficient if GNG is not met. The references are the NOW! marketing Twitter, Facebook, and the iTunes store. GNG is clearly not met, so my vote is Delete (and redirect to Now That's What I Call Music! discography). power~enwiki (π, ν) 16:32, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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