Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spotify Sessions

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 redirect to Spotify. Black Kite (talk) 20:55, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Spotify Sessions[edit]

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This is an unsourced and very incomplete list of artists who have recorded Spotify exclusives, and doesn't actually disambiguate any existing articles. Even if this were changed into an article about Spotify Sessions I think it could be condensed into a sentence or two and put in the main Spotify article:

Spotify has a number of exclusive recordings titled "Spotify Sessions", which are recorded specifically for the service by musical artists.^[1]

^ Porter, Jon; Langley, Hugh (September 9, 2016). "Which is the best music streaming service for you?". TechRadar. Future Publishing Limited Quay House. Retrieved March 23, 2018.

A (complete) list of artists who have recorded Spotify exclusives might arguably have reason to exist, although I personally don't think it would be useful. Jc86035 (talk) 12:24, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose this is a dab page. Are you proposing to turn it into an article.? In ictu oculi (talk) 12:28, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
There used to be an album here of course before that was moved out and then converted to a dab. If converting the dab into an article not sure whether sources should be added such as The New Music Industries: Disruption and Discovery p 123 etc. Or merge the list into the bottom of Spotify article. There are a number of options here. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:34, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@In ictu oculi: It doesn't function as a disambiguation page, since none of the musical works listed ~~exist~~^{have articles 14:38, 23 March 2018 (UTC)}. I don't think there's enough content to warrant an article, or enough significance to warrant a list. Jc86035 (talk) 12:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
They clearly do exist per WP:DABMENTION. If you mean they don't have articles, one article did exist, someone had created one of them and it was squatting there. After moving out it was blanked. @Certes: might be easier to simply add to articles. You can bet that they'll be added eventually. In ictu oculi (talk) 13:26, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@In ictu oculi and Certes: If kept as a disambiguation page, I think the songs of each release would have to be listed and linked, since Spotify Sessions aren't particularly important releases and might not warrant mention in the artist's main article (especially given that many of those artists regularly do similar performances on TV etc. for promotion). Jc86035 (talk) 14:36, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Convert to a set index article? If we keep it as a dab, we should really disqualify most entries because the linked article doesn't mention Spotify. There's not enough prose or references for an article. A SIA looks like a good format for this page. Certes (talk) 13:04, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 13:10, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 13:10, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Retarget to Spotify This is looking more like a WP:NOTCATALOG of offerings as one of their products. They could archive a bunch of interviews of various artists and it would be the same result. Compare to The Essential which the bottom entry is a link to Category:The Essential listing for "Greatest hits albums part of Sony's The Essential series". Another alternative would be to use a format like Peel Sessions (disambiguation), but that assumes a number of the SIA links actually have content worth putting in the artist's article or discography. Compare to MTV Unplugged which had numerous artists perform on their show, but only a handful who recorded notable compilations. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 15:55, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:NOTCATALOG. Nothing about the "Sessions" as a whole or any of the individual collections is notable, so no need to even exist as a dab page. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 22:45, 27 March 2018 (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.

[1] Porter, Jon; Langley, Hugh (September 9, 2016). "Which is the best music streaming service for you?". TechRadar. Future Publishing Limited Quay House. Retrieved March 23, 2018.

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