Talk:Symphony No. 6 (Schubert)

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Contesting speedy deletion[edit]

This article was nominated for speedy deletion under WP:CSD#A9, which is to be used for "a musical recording that does not indicate why its subject is important or significant and where the artist's article has never existed or has been deleted". While it is true that this article did not assert the significance of this particular symphony, I think that the existence of articles on Schubert's other nine symphonies indicates some probable past consensus that major works by Schubert are notable, and that the failure to assert significance is the fault of the original author. If this is no longer the case, then I submit that all ten articles should be deleted at the same time, preferably through a mass AfD (unless, of course, there are some notable ones among them). In either case, speedy deletion seems like the wrong way to go.

Far less importantly, I dispute that A9 is the proper criterion here because the artist's article most certainly does exist, since he is a major composer. It seems to me that A9 is designed to weed out people's articles about their garage band's latest album, rather than symphonies by major composers. (An even weaker objection is that this is a symphony, not a recording of that symphony.)

In any case, I have removed the tag (and the speedy deletion category, which I think was redundant). However, the article needs some serious work to bring it up to the standard of similar articles, and I'm afraid I don't have the expertise or resources to do that myself, so I'll tag it for cleanup. AnturiaethwrTalk 21:11, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the tag was added simply because the article was ridiculously short (full text: "franz schubert's symphony no.6 in c major") and not an issue of whether the subject matter was worthy of an article. We've got the article up to "stub-level" class now, so we're safe from deletion now. More expansion is welcome of course. DavidRF (talk) 23:57, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I think so too. You seem to have more information on the subject than I do, given your expansion; any interest in starting Symphony No. 2 (Schubert), just to complete the set? AnturiaethwrTalk 02:32, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done.DavidRF (talk) 16:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]