Talk:Macho Man (song)

Remove section
I request the removal of the "in popular culture section" section per WP:TRIVIA. serioushat 08:56, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

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Eliminating songs from commercials
We need to eliminate references to songs used in commercials, thanks to websites including Commercials I Hate and Am I Right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.115.251.72 (talk) 13:46, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

In popular culture
The article's "In popular culture" section is unencyclopedic and requires swift repair in accordance with the guidelines outlined at WP:SONGTRIVIA or it will be removed. If you disagree with this proposal, please state your reasoning now. In fairness, I have updated the one (as of the time of posting) present reference to include an archive-url (as the link was a 301 redirect). It is however a dubious source, and I've tagged it as such. 09:43, 18 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I personally don't know too much about the "structure style" of what to do on Wiki. Wiki itself is a pop-type encyclopedia and has become a primary resource for info.  There was another debate about "songs in commercials" not being allowed, but why?  If someone looks up a song, they get a bevy of information.  As long as it's correct, I personally enjoy it. But who am I? Who are any of us for that matter? ;-)  Hotcop2 (talk) 01:02, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I personally enjoy it too as long as it's correct, and therein lies the first hurdle, surmounted by policies regarding verifiability, and our liking it is irrelevant, as summarised by WP:ILIKEIT. As a primary resource for info, we have a responsibility to ensure that the info we present is factual, relevant, notable, given due weight and is verifiable, which none of that trivia is. I personally prefer, in line with community established policies and guidelines, to not be presented with an messy dump of trivia that has no notability or variability (the internet has blogs for looking up unreliable-trivia). The songs in commercials debate (not really a debate) was a poorly presented argument by one editor, which lead to the summarising of relevant policies and guidelines at WP:SONGTRIVIA (ironically, the editor played no part in that discussion); it should be noted that "songs used in commercials" are not not allowed (not not not a typo) in articles, if the criteria for inclusion is met or surpassed. In simple terms; this article's "In popular culture" section is unencyclopedic trivia that needs to either be greatly improved, demonstrating its value to the article, or will be removed per multiple policies and guidelines.  07:38, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

I've made a first pass at improving the section and made adjustments to other areas of the article at the same time. Some total cruft was axed, but what's left is actually reasonably notable. 15:00, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody
The US/UK, etc. 7" vinyl releases on Casablanca were Macho Man backed with Key West. The B-side with Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody was released on a Paris-based label and released only in France. Hotcop2 (talk) 18:43, 10 July 2020 (UTC)