Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Music of Long Island

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 delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 13:27, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Music of Long Island

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Non-notable overlap of topics. None of the artists is explicitly associated with Long Island. Sources do not mention the subject of music of Long Island specifically. Any relevant content can be merged into a better article. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 03:20, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 03:51, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 03:51, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Move to "List of musicians from Long Island" and rearrange as a list. Most of the biographical content is poor quality and can be covered in each artist's article if it isn't already. –dlthewave ☎ 04:05, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:25, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep very notable subject covered in lots of sources such as here in a New York Times opinion piece. FloridaArmy (talk) 15:32, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

An opinion piece is not a reliable source, but simply one person's opinion, and even that says, "I may not be able to put my finger on the Long Island sound..." I can't find any reliable sources that distinguish the music of Long Island from that of the nearby parts of New York and other states, but only sources that identify very disparate musicians as being from Long Island, as would be the case for anywhere with a population of over 7 million. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 20:26, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's why this article doesn't assert that there is a Long Island sound but documents a very active music scene as documented in various sources and discussed in that NYT opinion piece. FloridaArmy (talk) 21:00, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, then, please show us some of these reliable sources. An opinion piece is not a reliable source. And I would dispute that sources about any number of particular musicians from Long Island actually support an article with this title. It needs sources that say that the music of Long Island in general is a distinct thing. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 21:22, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:15, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete right now full of opinions and original research. I think Dlthewave's suggestion to change it to a list page is a sound one. Any of the very few facts in this essay which currently have citations could be incorporated into a brief lead paragraph. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 17:12, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No sources either in the article or offered in this discussion show that the music of Long Island, as opposed to disparate musicians who come from or have lived in or have played in Long Island, is a thing. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 19:22, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz ^Humbug! 07:58, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

delete Really, when it comes down to it this makes about as much sense as juxtaposing Joan Jett and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in an article on music in Maryland. We need some external source to say that music in Long Island is A Thing, which this conspicuously lacks. Mangoe (talk) 16:12, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- a non-encyclopedic cross-categorisation and indiscriminate collection of information. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:30, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- This is just a weird fusion of different artists, some of them may have been born on Long Island, others just lived there at some point in their life. Long Island does not have its own style of music.--Rusf10 (talk) 04:37, 30 January 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.