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2007 deletion-request review

Latest comment: 18 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This article was nominated for deletion on 22 July 2007. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

I fail to see how this meets the criteria for speedy deletion under any guideline, let alone WP:CSD#A3. Could the nominator provide further rationale as to why these lists I created are their target, while thousands of similar lists exist on Wikipedia without such headaches involved? (Mind meal 04:13, 22 July 2007 (UTC))Reply

Expand list using table

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The current list is an alphabetical collection of names without any other information or references. A table format similar to the List of blues musicians would be able to accommodate additional information, which may be sorted so it groups by date, genre, etc. Propose to divide into sections:

Pre-1940 – earliest, mostly acoustic blues
1940–1969 – the beginnings of electric blues through early rock
1970–1999 – further diversification
2000–present – contemporary players

The first two sections would begin as shown below. Comments/suggestions? —Ojorojo (talk) 16:09, 23 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Proposed format

Contents
Pre-1940 · 1940–1969 · 1970–1999 · 2000–present · See also · References

Pre-1940

List of slide guitarists with name, birth year, death year, origin, primary genre, and reference(s)
Name	Birth year	Death year	Origin	Primary genre	Ref(s)
Kokomo Arnold	1901*	1968	Georgia	Acoustic blues	^[1]
Barbecue Bob	1902	1931	Georgia	Acoustic blues	^[2]
Black Ace	1905	1972	Texas	Country blues	^[3]
Willie Brown	1900	1952	Mississippi	Delta blues	^[4]
Sam Collins	1887	1949	Louisiana	Country blues	^[5]
Frank Ferera	1885	1951	Hawaii	Hawaiian music	^[6]
etc.	etc.	etc.	etc.	etc.	etc.

1940–1969

Contents
A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · Y

List of slide guitarists with name, birth year, death year, origin, primary genre, and reference(s)
Name	Birth year	Death year	Origin	Primary genre	Ref(s)
Duane Allman	1946	1971	Tennessee	Southern rock	^[7]
Jeff Beck	1944		England	Rock	^[7]
Elvin Bishop	1942		California	Electric blues	^[8]
Mike Bloomfield	1943	1981	Illinois	Electric blues	^[7]
R. L. Burnside	1926	2005	Mississippi	Hill country blues	^[9]
etc.	etc.	etc.	etc.	etc.	etc.

References

↑ AllMusic 1996, p. 8.
↑ AllMusic 1996, p. 12.
↑ Komara 2004, p. 84.
↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Willie Brown – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2019. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
↑ AllMusic 1996, p. 57.
↑ AllMusic 1996, p. 371.
1 2 3 AllMusic 1996, p. 372.
↑ AllMusic 1996, pp. 17–18.
↑ AllMusic 1996, p. 39.

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[FOOTNOTEAllMusic19968-1] AllMusic 1996, p. 8.

[FOOTNOTEAllMusic199612-2] AllMusic 1996, p. 12.

[FOOTNOTEKomara200484-3] Komara 2004, p. 84.

[4] Ankeny, Jason. "Willie Brown – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2019. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[FOOTNOTEAllMusic199657-5] AllMusic 1996, p. 57.

[FOOTNOTEAllMusic1996371-6] AllMusic 1996, p. 371.

[FOOTNOTEAllMusic1996372-7] 1 2 3 AllMusic 1996, p. 372.

[FOOTNOTEAllMusic199617–18-8] AllMusic 1996, pp. 17–18.

[FOOTNOTEAllMusic199639-9] AllMusic 1996, p. 39.

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