Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of Basshunter

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 23:46, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Outline of Basshunter

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This is a WP:OUTLINE article for a topic that clearly does not need one - there is no way that the topic of a moderately prolific artist like this needs an outline as a navigational aid. One quick look at the so far small category Category:Outlines of people that holds biographical outlines will tell you how much the article on Basshunter is the odd one out here. I'll admit that I wasn't able to find actual notability criteria for outline articles, but my common sense tells me that you want an outline for Frank Zappa or The Beatles, not this... EditorInTheRye (talk) 21:01, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:57, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sweden-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:57, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Outlines are rare WP navigation aids and were clearly not meant for a purpose like this. Note that the musician also has Basshunter discography and List of songs recorded by Basshunter and List of Basshunter live performances which already go into more than enough detail. At least two of those are questionably useful as well. This guy sure has some list-obsessed fans. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 01:49, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I missed Template:Basshunter, yet another fairly unnecessary navigational tool for the musician. Thoroughness is a virtue, but repetitiveness isn't. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 21:02, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Doomsdayer520: I just created Outline of Basshunter because such outlines as Outline of Bob Marley, Outline of Henry Ford or Outline of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (especially in this form) and all other outlines of people exist (Category:Outlines of people). In my opinion there was enough material to create such outline so I have tried and created it. Outline of Bob Marley has listed awards but I think they should be in biography. @EditorInTheRye: Anyone can create outline for Frank Zappa or The Beatles. Why not? Eurohunter (talk) 15:51, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The point we're trying to make here is that outlines aren't automatically required for anyone with a Wikipedia article (note how that category has some extremely famous people in it?). The examples (including Bob Marley) are subjects who have been widely influential outside of just being a musician. In the case of Basshunter, the typical musician article structure with the few satellite articles (that doomsdayer520 listed) provides plenty of navigability as it is. EditorInTheRye (talk) 16:48, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

At Wikipedia:Outlines there are some clear rules about topics (including people) that may need an outline article for navigational purposes. Such an article is not meant to be a mere list, and this one about Basshunter is just a slimmer version of other lists about him. Eurohunter asked "Why not?" The much better question is "Why?" There are other lists of Basshunter's works, those are more comprehensive than this outline, and this outline serves no navigational purpose that is not already handled elsewhere (a lot). ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 20:56, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Way too little known for an outline article and not very much to say about him besides his music. Sjö (talk) 10:03, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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