Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bing Crosby's legacy

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The result was delete. Davewild (talk) 08:35, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bing Crosby's legacy

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A hodgepodge of synthesis, and to the extent it is not a miscellaneous assortment of facts, the material is covered adequately already at Bing Crosby. Speedy delete was declined (!) for this third recreation and I recommend that the page be salted to prevent a fourth. JohnInDC (talk) 14:51, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I want to create a well-organized page of facts of the awards and nominations received by Bing Crosby and thought I might as well put his other achievements there. Other artists have these pages, such as The Beatles and Frank Sinatra and that material is already covered on their pages, so why delete this one? (Utzdman55 (talk) 15:06, 16 May 2015 (UTC))[reply]

Delete and I would have agreed with the speedy delete. WP is not a platform for fanzines or essays, which this appears to be. Also the article struggles with a neutral point of view.--Rpclod (talk) 16:37, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment::- The article was inappropriately tagged for speedy deletion here per WP:CSD#A1 by User:Jorm but I declined it with no prejudice against its deletion through this medium (WP:AfD) if notability is in doubt because, A1 does not applies to articles with enough context to identifies the subject. I found no deletion log for the page prior to declining the speedy deletion per A1, I would have tagged it appropriately, although am not aware that Bing Crosby already exist. Having said that, I think the page should be redirected to Bing Crosby since the page already mention the subject of the article according to the nominator. Wikic¤l¤gy^{t@lk to M£} 19:52, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment::- I think I should delete the page but put the charts within the Bing Crosby page to compliment the data. Thoughts? (Utzdman55 (talk) 20:19, 16 May 2015 (UTC))[reply]
Comment::- @Rpclod This article doesn't support Bing Crosby. It is an article of facts. Just facts. If you look at those facts, you would see that they are not opinions. The article doesn't struggle with a neutral point of view because it tells facts. And those facts are backed up by sources that tell me that they are true. Bing Crosby was the most popular entertainer of all time. He could have sold the most records ever and has sold the 3rd most movie tickets of all time. In 1947, he was declared most admired man alive. At the height of his radio show, he had 1/3 of America listening. In 1948, he was half of all radio (more than 40,000 hours). No entertainer (in 2 or more main mediums) has put up those numbers since. These are not opinions, just facts. I'm pretty sure you didn't know all of these facts so you just jumped to conclusions. Next time just please be careful. This is just an article of facts. (Utzdman55 (talk) 20:44, 16 May 2015 (UTC))[reply]
- Comment - I think that tone is a big part of the problem - facts or not, it sounds like fansite material to me. JohnInDC (talk) 21:11, 16 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:06, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:06, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:07, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:07, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:26, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - not sure how this one table is a legacy of Bing Crosby. Chart positions have been covered in Bing Crosby discography. There is a List of best-selling music artists but I can't find a list of artist by No. 1 hits. Surely one already exists? —Мандичка^YO 😜 07:23, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, there's Artists with the most number-ones on the U.S. Hot 100. For some other countries, see Category:Lists of artists by record chart achievement. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:00, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete – Pretty useless article, most of the stuff is already covered at Bing Crosby. Also, the itsy bitsy spider went up the water stout. Down came the rain, and washed the spider out. SilverSurfingSerpant (talk) 02:20, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Striking opinion by blocked sockpuppet. Davewild (talk) 08:34, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This information can be presented in context in the appropriate articles without overwhelming them, and it is premature to spin off the legacy section of Bing Crosby. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:43, 25 May 2015 (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.