MJMThriller
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Looks like they are trying to delete this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artists_influenced_and_inspired_by_Michael_Jackson
What we have to do?
The page is redundant; like the Wiki administrators wrote, it's just a list of artists who name-dropped Michael Jackson. It's an encyclopedia and is supposed to be written in prose. The author needs to say HOW Mr. Jackson influenced popular culture and support it w/ quotes -- not just cut and paste celebrity quotes and have that be the basis (imagine submitting a paper to a professor that's one paragraph and then four pages of quotes, lol). The administrators offered suggestions on how to keep and expand on the page.
Anyone could become a Wiki member and update pages. If anyone has a problem w/ the list/page getting deleted, I would recommend becoming a member and expanding on the article as per guidelines so that it is suitable. . . . If some fans put the same zest into it instead of the dismissive, hateful rhetoric against other top-selling artists or Ad hominem arguments that I've sometimes read from fans, the page would look incredible. . . . I read the page in question and it looks like a page that a lazy eighth grader would create: ''Michael's dancing and music influenced a lot of people [proceed to cut and paste list of quotes]; the end."
Wiki isn't asking for much:
Keep but restructure. This shouldn't be a list, rather part of a prose article on Jackson's influence on popular culture. Also agree, drop the sarcasm folks, it's not need. — R2 19:51, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Agreed. If you moved it to an article on Influence of Michael Jackson in popular culture and removed the list but maybe mention a few in a written article on his influence and write about his influence on popular culture in a well referenced written article then I would support it. As it is the article is redundant. Please assume good faith people all round. Dr. Blofeld White cat 19:58, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Such an article could not only explore his musical influence but also his style/dancing influence etc. Actually you could explore his influence by genre in nice chunky written paragraphs e.g Influence on hip hop, dancing etc. Dr. Blofeld White cat 20:06, 16 June 2009 (UTC)