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582:. For coverage to be significant, it need only be that the sources "address the subject directly in detail"; there's no particular quantum of detail necessary so long as it is "more than a trivial mention", which these sources are. There's no requirement that there be content sufficient to found an article of any particular length in that policy or 432:, so it's not our job to be the first source out of the gate with every last scrap of information about a forthcoming album. I'll withdraw this if somebody can show up with a properly sourced track listing — but until we actually have one, the album really doesn't need a separate article; a brief mention in the album's discography is all 478:
specifically provides: "Unreleased albums are in general not notable; however, they may be notable if they have significant independent coverage in reliable sources." You may be thinking of the statement: "Generally, an album should not have an independent article until its title, track listing and
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are for. Finally, it's not correct to say that we have nothing here other than "artist announces new album". We have a release date, a title, we have preorder information and info on the preorder bonuses, and we know that it's being done in conjunction with the reboot of the Lilith Fair. -
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article as early as 2004, not for run-of-the-mill "artist announces new album, here's the few tidbits we know about it" situations where the available sources can only support a generic four-line stub that tells us
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covers it. That's among what appear to be hundreds of others, mostly just repeating the American Songwriter article. Also: Sarah McLachlan's releasing a new album? Awesome. Thanks, Knowledge (XXG). -
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Firstly, that last criterion ("may qualify for an advance article if there is sufficient verifiable and properly referenced information about it") is for unreleased projects on the scale of
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I guess that's up to an interpretation of "trivial". I'd generally regard an article longer than a paragraph, with the article subject appearing in the headline, as non-trivial. -
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information about the album and isn't just a basic "Sarah McLachlan will have a new album out soon" announcement in the "300-words-or-less tidbits" column. That's not
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release date have all been publicly confirmed by the artist or their record label," but if so you're failing to note that (a) that's just a guide to interpreting
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from the artist's web site, the article is already made and all we're left with is a bunch of users fighting about semantics. Oh for crying out loud.
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is that an album should never have a Knowledge (XXG) article until such time as we can write one which includes a title, an exact release date
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besides "artist announces new album". Secondly, I'm not disputing that we have a title and a release date — I'm pointing out that we
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and clarifies, rather than replaces, that policy. And that you're confusing the meaning of "significant coverage" within
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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good enough. And finally, there has yet to be one single thing written about this album that actually contains
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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in connection with McLachlan's revival of the Lilith Fair and notes pre-order bonuses for early purchasers.
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This is one of Knowledge (XXG)'s biggest problems. Here we have an album that you can actually
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Reading and understanding (and respecting) what you say above, my only comment is that
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to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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you're referring to? As far as I'm aware the "bottom line" of
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need an article about the album until we can — we ain't
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before it finally came out and had sources that could
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list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions
322:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 287:- assuming the sources cites by DustFormsWords are 185: 440:entitled to until the track listing shows up too. 359:. It's straight from Sarah McLachlan's own website 39:). No further edits should be made to this page. 689:). No further edits should be made to this page. 8: 258: 230:Direct Current carries a short piece here. 262:: This debate has been included in the 458:Sorry, but could you quote the part of 613:anything more than a trivial mention. 18:Knowledge (XXG):Articles for deletion 7: 474:is merely a guide to interpreting. 226:American Songwriter covers the album 24: 586:, so far as I know. That's what 507:, which was getting talked about 609:None of the sources in question 412:track listing. If we can't add 532:of those things are mandatory 1: 466:, per its lead paragraph, is 239:covers it, and of all people 416:, properly sourced, then we 398:Sarah McLachlan discography 291:. 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