Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Speed metal

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The result was keep. —Darkwind (talk) 01:15, 16 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speed metal[edit]

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Genre that is almost universally known as another way of saying thrash metal. Article fails to establish difference between the two and lacks sources. It has for over a decade now. The whole article is just a mess. I call the big one bitey 09:14, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:01, 7 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Speed metal and Thrash metal are two different genres of heavy metal music. Even the thrash metal article acknowledges that: "Thrash metal is more aggressive compared to its relative, speed metal" and "Speed, pacing and time-changes also define thrash metal." Wikipedia even has a whole listing of speed metal bands. Is there some crossover between thrash & speed metal? Sure, but just because the speed metal article needs some serious editing to improve it doesn't mean that it should be deleted now. Show us all how much you know about metal music and improve the article instead. Guy1890 (talk) 21:30, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It has three reliable sources, Allmusic, BBC and VH1, and all of them are perfectly acceptable into making its subject notable. An article that lacks sources doesn't mean that it can be deleted, because there are reliable sources out there. Also, like Guy said, it's better to improve the article rather than lose all the information together. Minima © (talk) 06:22, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Thrash metal and speed metal are too similar to have separate articles ergo violating WP:CONTENTFORK.
Keep, article has reliable sources that define it apart from thrash metal. While there is a lot of crossover in North America between the two genres, in Europe and Japan they tend to be more distinct, at any rate. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 12:52, 15 April 2013 (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.