Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dance for Me (Empire Mates Entertainment song)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was redirect to Empire Mates State of Mind. MelanieN (talk) 23:33, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Dance for Me (Empire Mates Entertainment song)

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I created this article when I wasn't familiar with WP:NSONG. The song fails WP:NSONG and has not gained significant coverage in reliable source. This song needs to be redirected to its parent article  Versace1608   Wanna Talk? 16:58, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Song is probably borderline notable, given the cited coverage. Article has many incoming links, so outright deletion would be disruptive. In any event, "this song needs to be redrected" is not a valid reason for deletion, and nom is free to redirect themselves. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by administrators since 2006.  (talk) 17:06, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep Not a nomination for deletion. -- Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 23:02, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Please tell me what criteria of WP:NSONG does this article meet. I don't think you did a Google search of the song before deciding to vote speedy keep.  Versace1608   Wanna Talk? 23:56, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The criteria is that this is an invalid nomination as you are not requesting deletion. AfD is not a place to request redirects, although that can often be the result of AfD discussions. -- Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 00:01, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I am requesting deletion. I requested that this article be speedily deleted, but Hullaballoo Wolfowitz declined my request. I could have redirected it to its parent article but decided to bring it to Afd so the community can decide its outcome. Since Hullaballoo Wolfowitz thinks this song is notable, he might have reverted my edit had I redirected it.  Versace1608   Wanna Talk? 10:38, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't see a speedy deletion request in the article's history, and a redirect would have been justified. Since Hullaballoo says "nom is free to redirect themselves" it doesn't seem like a revert would have been done. -- Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 16:25, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I thought I added a speedy deletion tag to this one. This is why I said what I said. Few of the song articles from the artist's debut album were redirected to the album article by another user after I added speedy deletion tags to them. From now on, I will redirect song articles that fail to pass WP:NSONG. If someone else reverts my revision, I will bring it to AFd in order to avoid content disputes. Since this particular article is at Afd, let's wait for the outcome.  Versace1608   Wanna Talk? 21:33, 16 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete and Redirect if needed, could be kept for history uses but still unlikely for ever having its own article and keeping it open at best has it vulnerable for restarting. SwisterTwister   talk  01:06, 22 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep I disagree that this song isn't notable. It has enough reliable coverage to pass WP:GNG, and many articles appear to link to it. Omni Flames   let's talk about it  07:54, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Weak Delete - As much as I do see a mentioning of this song in pop culture related article after article, there doesn't appear to be evidence that this significantly charted anywhere, or that it became a particularly viral sensation, or that it formed a turning point in Wizkid's discography, or anything of the sort. A happy, bubbly guy made a happy, bubbly tune, and I've got tons of support for the notion of crossing international barriers with music, but I don't think this passes the bar of notability. In particular, the references to the song appear to constantly come from sources where the reliability isn't clear, and it all seems like run of the mill coverage in the bigger picture of his career. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 16:59, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   20:31, 27 May 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 06:16, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Lemongirl942 (talk) 08:30, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nigeria-related deletion discussions. Lemongirl942 (talk) 08:31, 4 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete the song has no evidence of Notability Samat lib (talk) 21:18, 6 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Empire Mates State of Mind, does not meet NSONG but is a possible search term. J04n(talk page) 20:09, 12 June 2016 (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.