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The result was merge to Placebo discography. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:52, 27 June 2015 (UTC) reply

B-Sides: 1996–2006

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I have been unsuccessful in establishing the notability of this subject outside of a sole review by AllMusic. Lachlan Foley ( talk) 02:56, 31 May 2015 (UTC) reply

• Keep or merge to Placebo discography. I don't see a good reason for outright deletion here. Why would the encyclopedia be better without this verifiable information about an official release by a highly notable band? -- Michig ( talk) 07:11, 31 May 2015 (UTC) reply
• Keep Not a valid deletion rationale IE: one user can only find one review. The Allmusic review would be enough, along with the other refs in the article. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 08:04, 31 May 2015 (UTC) reply
• Delete - fails WP:NALBUMS. I couldn't find anything to support notability when searching. One ref is simply a listing of all Placebo's tracks and the other is deleted. Lugnuts, if you have some other sources please post them. —Мандичка ^YO 😜 08:26, 31 May 2015 (UTC) reply

WP:GNG beats WP:NALBUMS. Try again. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 08:27, 31 May 2015 (UTC) reply

Lugnuts I'd be happy to change to keep if it meets WP:GNG. As I stated, I was unable to find anything that supports any notability. Telling me to "try again" is not going to help your argument. If you have any other refs then add them to the article or at least post them here. —Мандичка ^YO 😜 10:20, 31 May 2015 (UTC) reply

• Keep This album may be the black sheep in Placebo's discography in terms of media coverage, but the band is clearly notable and this album's information would not be adequately displayed if merged to the discography. I am happy it has the AllMusic review, there are also two German reviews online that could be added, [1] and [2], if needed. Citations for a lot of the tracks can found by searching for the actual singles that featured the tracks in the first place, like [3]. Dennisthemonkeychild ( talk) 08:51, 3 June 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 16:05, 2 June 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 16:05, 2 June 2015 (UTC) reply

• Redirect and merge to the band's article: 1) the naming is wonky (no other album can ever be called "B-Sides: 1996-2006"), 2) arguing notability from discussion of the songs is the very reason the record isn't getting reviews or discussion: the review sites and critics feel as if they've already said what they want to say about the music in its original release, 3) a repackaging of B-sides very, very, very rarely makes news (perhaps Dead Letter Office by REM, perhaps Singles 45 and Under by Squeeze), because these days the repackaging of songs is easy (this has to do with the move to digital; in the days of vinyl, one had to wait to get a shot at the chance to get the missing B-sides for a re-release -- all that died with Napster)). Album doesn't pass the notability guidelines, and arguing that the completeness of all records having articles is not compelling. 14:44, 9 June 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hithladaeus ( talk • contribs)
  • The above was my motion on this debate: Redirect and merge. I miscounted tildes. Hithladaeus ( talk) 17:28, 9 June 2015 (UTC) reply
• Merge to Placebo discography. It needs more sourcing, but not deletion. Probably not notable enough to stand alone on its own article, but content should be kept and merged into the band's discography. — Maile ( talk) 19:42, 27 June 2015 (UTC) reply

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