Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2009 in Music
sourced'' speculation is not a violation of , and every item in this article cites a source. Whether those sources are reliable or not is another question which should be discussed on the article's talk page, but at least some of the cited sources include ''Billboard'' magazine and ''Forbes''. Even if "most of the claims" are just speculation from unreliable sources, there are clearly claims about 2009 releases that can be made from reliable sources. 2009 is less than 6 months away, and artists and producers are ''now'' making plans for what they will release in 2009. They are certainly not making plans for what they will release in 2050. Even without consulting this article, I was able to find several verifiable facts from reliable sources about upcoming 2009 album releases: No Doubt (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1584561/20080401/stefani_gwen.jhtml MTV.com), Outkast (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1585670/20080416/outkast.jhtml MTV.com), Built to Spill (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003805380 Billboard.com), Lynyrd Skynyrd (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003728794 Billboard.com), Freebass (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003821985 Billboard), Dead by Sunrise (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/05/12/chester-bennington-talks-new-band-death-by-sunrise-next-linkin-park-album/ RollingStone.com), Amy Winehouse (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/04/14/mark-ronson-aligns-label-with-interscope-amy-winehouse-album-delayed/ RollingStone.com), The Shins (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/06/23/the-shins-to-self-release-fourth-album/ RollingStone.com), Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand (http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/06/27/news-ticker-american-idol-jesus-and-mary-chain-franz-ferdinand/ RollingStone.com), and Weezer (http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/weezer/biography RollingStone.com
— User:DHowell, 01:10, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CRYSTAL (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)