Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ultimate (Boney M. album)

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No significant coverage. Did not chart. Fails WP:NALBUM. This venue is a last resort after multiple redirect overwrites. Another common target of Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Hanoi vandal. Jalen Folf (talk) 23:27, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

:Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Jalen Folf (talk) 23:27, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

• Delete or at the very least redirect and salt. This is yet another of those unremarkable Boney M. compilations that fails WP:NALBUM and a certain IP insists on repeatedly restoring the redirect. Richard3120 (talk) 23:46, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
• Delete - (Richard3120's comment about SALT above is also worthy of consideration). Boney M must have had shifty managers because the world, and Wikipedia, are swimming with useless and repetitive compilation albums decades after the band ceased recording. At least five such albums have recently gone through this AfD process, and that's only the ones I can remember off the top of my head. This one is like all the others: a quickie release that was unnoticed by the public or the music media and was immediately forgotten. There is evidence that an editor who is unfamiliar with the WP:NALBUM notability requirements insists on helping these Boney M compilation articles survive, so further action may be needed. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 15:08, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

::{{re|doomsdayer520}} Boney M.'s writer/producer/manager (and provider of most of the male vocals on their records) was Frank Farian, the same man who later gave the world the even more artificial creation Milli Vanilli. Farian simply made sure that he produced dozens of re-edits, remixes and re-recordings of every Boney M. song, so that every compilation album would have very slightly different versions of each song from the previous ones. In addition, many of the albums were produced specifically for individual countries, rather than all across Europe, with the same slight differences in track listings and cover art. This has resulted in literally dozens, if not hundreds, of Boney M. compilations over the last 40 years, but no more than three or four of them are truly notable. Even the biggest one, The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits, released at the height of their popularity in 1980, does not contain the 7" single versions of the hits... they are yet more re-edited versions. Richard3120 (talk) 19:15, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

:::{{re|Richard3120}} - Thanks for the info. I definitely knew about Frank Farian's involvement, which makes all Boney M compilations suspect in my eyes, but I did not know about all the minor remixes and different song versions. It's too bad "shysterism" is not a criterion for deletion. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 00:21, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:NALBUM. No evidence has been provided that this album appeared on a national music chart, was certified gold, or received multiple reviews or news articles in reliable sources. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 00:04, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

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