Wikipedia:TenPoundHammer's Law: Difference between revisions

[[File:Thor.jpg|thumb|right|If you do not want to feel the holy wrath of the thunder god, then do not title the article "[name of artist]'s [nth] studio album".]]

'''[[User:TenPoundHammer|TenPoundHammer]]'s Law''': If the name and track order of a future album are not yet known, the album is very likely to have its page [[WP:AFD|deleted]] from Wikipedia. Pages of this sort usually take the naming convention "[name of artist]'s [nth] studio album". There are occasional exceptions to this law, as sometimes a future album ''will'' contain enough verifiable information for a decent article even if the title is not known.<ref>For example, ''[[In Rainbows]]'' had a fully fledged article before its name was announced, because the page already contained sufficient sourced information for an article. Similarly, ''[[Chinese Democracy]]'' had sufficient content to warrant an article years before a track listing was finalized.</ref> But if all you can do is [[WP:CRYSTAL|look into a crystal ball]] or base your information off rumors posted to message boards, blogs or MySpace, then it's best ''not'' to create a page on the album until you've got something more to say. Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:There is no deadline|isn't going anywhere]]; it's not going to hurt you to wait.<ref>Also consider the fact that arguments like "''everybody'' knows it will be put out soon" or "this is going to be [name of artist]'s biggest album", or worst of all, "you just hate [name of artist], don't you?" don't hold water.</ref>

 

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