Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Idol (pop culture)

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. Possibly a notable topic, but not very useful in its current form. The title may be more suited to a disambiguation page. – bradv🍁 05:42, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Idol (pop culture)

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Page copies Japanese idol and Korean idol; these articles already exist in respect to their own countries, so this seems like a duplicate article. lullabying (talk) 18:09, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, the recent wave of idol groups in the Asian pop music industry is notable enough for an overview article, and the topic is sufficiently distinct from the American teen idol. The author has also started a few new articles, Chinese idol and Thai idol. – Thjarkur (talk) 22:28, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete pop culture idol could be anything from religious idols/charms to pop icons, not to mention the Idol (franchise). This might have to be renamed to Idol (Asian pop music) AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 04:12, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@AngusWOOF: I understand your argument, but just having an "Idol" dab page is too broad. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 14:31, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I have had to remove almost all the content, as it was copied from the source documents, in violation of our copyright policy. Most of the content that remains was copied from Japanese idol— Diannaa (talk) 04:36, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Duplicate and unnecessary variation of Pop icon. —Мандичка^YO 😜 12:37, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The current title is not good, but the phenomenon of manufactured Asian pop music idol groups is not quite the same subject. – Thjarkur (talk) 00:00, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:14, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:14, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Asia-related deletion discussions. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:14, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:14, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Korea-related deletion discussions. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:14, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:18, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:18, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Copied from the source documents, in violation of our copyright policy. --SalmanZ (talk) 17:54, 19 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Create dab page. We have Japanese idol, Korean idol, Chinese idol, Thai idol, Teen idol, and Matinée idol under this scope. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 04:08, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 09:38, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe Idol (entertainer) would be a more suitable name? AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 15:44, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 16:05, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I think creating a DAB page would be more preferable since the history of "idols" is different in each country. However, the current article as is has a lot of copied content. lullabying (talk) 16:45, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The current article as is would be deleted, and replaced by the DAB. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 17:36, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This would also move the (country idol) entries off the Idol (disambiguation) page. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 21:37, 21 February 2020 (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.