Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of NME covers (3rd nomination)

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The result was delete‎. Vanamonde93 (talk) 23:13, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of NME covers

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Fails WP:NOT policy (specifically WP:INDISCRIMINATE): This simply a collection of data. The list of ~3,000 items has no explanatory information and no claim that any of the entries are notable in themselves – if any are, then they can be discussed at NME. MIDI (talk) 15:49, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I appreciate the two previous AfDs which were 11 and 15 years ago. Both AfDs ended with no consensus, although the second had discussion for little more than 24 hours. Most of the keep !votes in them seem to revolve around the overall topic of NME covers being notable, which may be the case, but that doesn't mean a list of the covers is – an article on NME covers discussing notable ones might be a valid article (if it's not better filling out NME#NME_covers), but this article is just indiscriminate information. MIDI (talk) 16:00, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom in current form. The list also fails WP:LISTN. Perhaps something like Lists of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone could be done. – The Grid (talk) 18:05, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists of people. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:26, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists, Music, and News media. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 20:31, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is a job for the NME to perform or another specialist wiki, not us. Nate • (chatter) 23:37, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: But I would also vote to delete the Rolling Stone and Time cover lists. (Really, who reads these?) I think discussing the concepts of what makes their covers unique is notable per reliable sources, but a listing of everyone is listcruft. But I am in the minority. Why? I Ask (talk) 05:54, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Seems to go against WP:NOTDIRECTORY #1 because without context it lacks encyclopedia merit. Dawnseeker2000 00:02, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Wikipedia is not the right place for the list of magazine covers. Dympies (talk) 14:58, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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