Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/742617000027 (Slipknot song)


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The result was Redirected to Slipknot (album). Article's context already exists at merged target; no references were provided to assert independant notability. Non-admin closure per WP:DPR. Serpent&#39;s Choice 03:34, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

742617000027 (Slipknot song)

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We cannot possibly have an article for every song in existance. It is not feasible. There are some attempts made to establish notability, but their really rather frivolous. If I tried hard, I could do the same for almost any song. Blood Red Sandman Open Up Your Heart  -  Receive My EviLove  12:06, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Not every song is notable. Terence Ong 12:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per the above. The article seems to claim that it is merely a link and isn't a proper track in its own right and despite the very low threshold for music around here, this is particularly non-notable. MLA 13:54, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge into album, and Redirect nothing makes this individual song notable. SkierRMH 17:24, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep I don't think keeping this page will somehow require that we "have an article for every song in existance" (sic). Slipknot is a very popular band and this track opened an album that was a huge seller. As the article itself states, "The song was, to most, the introduction to Slipknot when they first bought or listened to the self titled album." It should also be noted that most bands are careful to put a strong track to open an album. So the album's popularity establishes the notability of the song. And I would just note that no one in this AFD has made a case for the non-notability of the song, preferring to rely on assertions. Allon Fambrizzi 23:13, 28 January 2007 (UTC)Allon Fambrizzi
 * Delete the article really does not have sources or an explanation of how this particular song is notable, nor does it indicate that this song was released as a single.-- danntm T C 02:39, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Why does it matter whether the song was released as a single? Many notable songs were never released as singles. Also, I pointed out specifically in my comment an assertion of notability, namely as the first song in the first popular album of a popular group. Allon Fambrizzi 04:02, 29 January 2007 (UTC)Allon Fambrizzi
 * So haow about we have an article for the every lead song in, say, Category:American albums or Category:Brittish albums. Even if we say that only %50 of them are important enough, that's still far too many. Blood Red Sandman Open Up Your Heart  -  Receive My EviLove  07:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * See straw man. Not every group is as popular as Slipknot. Allon Fambrizzi 16:15, 29 January 2007 (UTC)Allon Fambrizzi
 * I allowed for aprox %50 not being important enough. If an album is important enought to have an article then so should the lead song be, says you're argument. Trimming it down by %50 or thereabouts is a move that would likly be opposed/ignored/argued over by some, but assuming it was practicle, then it would still leave far too many. Blood Red Sandman Open Up Your Heart  -  Receive My EviLove  17:20, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to Slipknot (album). Nothing wrong with listing this kind of information on the album page. --Pak21 10:27, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect to Slipknot (album). Being the first track in the first popular album of a popular group does not make it notable. Pomte 02:12, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 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.