- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.
The result was keep. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 17:38, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Fearless Tour (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)
None of the sources gives any significant coverage beyond "She sold eight zillion tickets, and Kellie Pickler and Gloriana toured with her". Tours are almost inherently non-notable. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 16:20, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 17:50, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Strong keep. In terms of albums, Swift is probably the best-selling musical artist in the U.S. right now. This is likely to be one of the major tours of the year. Moreover, this tour raises a number of interesting questions that the article can address:
- are her concerts aimed at her original country audience or her crossover pop audience?
- what is the age/gender breakdown of her audiences? (seems to be mostly female, but with preteens through 30s adults)
- is the show really suitable for the younger audience members? (see http://wvgazette.com/News/200907190023 for a 'no' response)
- at only 19 years old, how polished is she as a stage performer?
- is the show along the "just sing" model, à la Martina McBride, or along the diva production model, à la Britney, Beyoncé, et al? or somewhere in between?
- how elaborate are the sets and stage effects? does she do costume changes? (apparently, eight)
- is she always singing live, or are backing tracks used to help out in places (a common fault of diva concerts)?
- does the elaborate production detract from the simplicity and immediacy of her 'everygirl' songs?
- how long is the typical show? are there different arrangements of any songs from their studio versions?
- what has been the critical reaction to her shows?
- And so forth. And there are plenty of mainstream, third-party sources for the tour, starting with this Rolling Stone article, newspaper reviews such as this one or this one or this one. A bunch more can be found with this Google search or this Google News search. There is no justification for deleting this article. And the assertion that 'Tours are almost inherently non-notable' is untrue. Wasted Time R (talk) 21:28, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep per Wasted Time R. --Caldorwards4 (talk) 21:29, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep also per Wasted Time R CloversMallRat (talk) 03:39, 25 July 2009 (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.