Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Band Aid (band)

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 Handle editorially‎. There are a lot of options on the table, none of which will result in deletion and therefore a relist isn't needed. Please discuss merger/set index options on the Talk. Star Mississippi 16:09, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Band Aid (band)

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WP:NOPAGE. Band Aid is the collective name of the numerous permutations of celebrity musicians who have recorded and released different versions of the charity song Do They Know It's Christmas. Band Aid has never released any other song, just this one. Most (all?) of the information on this page is duplicated on the Do They Know It's Christmas article. All we're achieving by having two pages is to have the same thing explained twice in different ways. This article should be redirected to that page. Popcornfud (talk) 12:31, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Popcornfud (talk) 12:31, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians, Ireland, and United Kingdom. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 13:00, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The nomination appears to be based on worries about repetitive text rather than any evidence that Band Aid fails to qualify for notability requirements. The group is overwhelmingly notable. The solution to the repetitive text problem is to prune the song article so it is about the song specifically. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:39, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As I said in the nom, it's a WP:NOPAGE issue, not notability. We can cover everything we need on a single page. Popcornfud (talk) 14:43, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unconvincing. That same guideline encourages separate articles if the first one gets too unwieldy. That's the problem with the song article, so it can be trimmed. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:54, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the problem with that strategy. Every single iteration of Band Aid (the band) is directly tied to each iteration of Do They Know It's Christmas. There's nothing to explain about the band that isn't also directly relevant to the song — they're essentially the same entities.

For example, the background detail — the reason why the band was put together — is also the reason the song was written and recorded. There would be barely any detail that would be uniquely relevant to one article and not the other. Popcornfud (talk) 15:11, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As a good faith gesture, I acknowledge your stance but will simply disagree and will leave my vote and reasoning as they are. We'll see where the discussion goes. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:26, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Passes WP:SIGCOV. I get that the two have an entwined history but it is a valid content overlap. There can always be a trimming down of material through the normal editing process in both articles. Best.4meter4 (talk) 18:29, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/merge We have two article with very similar content. That is not good Wikipedia practice. I thus support merging this and the "Do They Know It's Christmas" article. The latter is the better article and makes more sense as the main target. Bondegezou (talk) 09:30, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I should really have nominated this for merge, not deletion. Bleh. Popcornfud (talk) 14:19, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment if it is determined the current version of this page is inappropriate, a set index article linking to Do They Know It's Christmas? (for the first band), Do They Know It's Christmas? § Band Aid II (for the second), Band Aid 20 and Band Aid 30 should be at this title, rather than a hard redirect to any one of these targets. Mach61 15:41, 27 November 2024 (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.