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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 17:49, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of current Payner artists[edit]

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This is a directory of artists currently (as of 2017) signed to Payner, a Bulgarian record label. Lists consisting of only currently contracted artists are non-encyclopedic per WP:NOTDIR and the outcome of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of current Island Records artists. In this case there's no corresponding list of former artists, so no obvious merge target. pburka (talk) 21:19, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

At the other AFD you started and just mentioned, it ended with a merge with another article, that was then renamed List of Island Records artists to include both current and former. Same thing can be done here, just rename this article, and list any former artists in it also if anyone feels like adding them. Dream Focus 10:51, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Island is a large label though with known names. This is clearly a boutique label confined to a small country. It's like comparing a cherry to a watermelon. Nate • (chatter) 16:47, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. pburka (talk) 21:19, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. pburka (talk) 21:19, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. pburka (talk) 21:19, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. pburka (talk) 21:19, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bulgaria-related deletion discussions. pburka (talk) 21:19, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fully covered by Category:Payner artists already. Nate • (chatter) 05:14, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The rules clearly state that you don't delete a list article because you prefer a category instead. Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates Dream Focus 10:46, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Never seen that quoted before, but as the article is also sourced by one WP:PRIMARY link, the delete vote! stays on those grounds. Nate • (chatter) 16:45, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep 14 have links to their own articles. No different from the others at Category:Lists of current artists by record label. There are currently merge discussions in all of those other articles though, whether current and former should be in the same list article or not. Make more sense to do that. Just rename this List of Payner artists and have one section called Current and one called Former. Dream Focus 10:46, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete lacks independent sources to establish WP:NLIST. Also, every single entry is sourced from the same page on the record label's website. MrsSnoozyTurtle 06:27, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Less Unless (talk) 13:11, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:24, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete under the rationale of WP:NOTDIR. We have Category:Payner artists in case someone wants to list those who are notable. This is not a list of which the majority of the members are likely to be notable. FalconK (talk) 05:52, 16 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as from what I can tell this list goes against WP:NOTDIR due to lack of in-depth secondary references about it. Plus, there's already a category about the topic that covers it way better then the list can anyway. Although even if there wasn't a category I'd still be for deleting the list due to the lack of notability/usable references. --Adamant1 (talk) 00:23, 22 January 2022 (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.