Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Freak Me (Ciara 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 delete and redirect to Ciara. Randykitty (talk) 12:33, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Freak Me (Ciara song)

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No apparent credible assertation of notability at this time. Listing for community input. TomStar81 (Talk) 17:26, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Ciara discography per WP:NSONGS. This song has failed to receive significant coverage from multiple reliable sources. Charting in one or two countries does not establish notability. Hayman30 (talk) 17:35, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment Having just marked this as reviewed, I realize I probably should have nominated this myself; the song has charted but that alone doesn't cut it, and it doesn't look as if there's enough material out there to sustain an article. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 17:40, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment If anything, this should have been requested a Full Page Temporary Protection first, but since we are here now, the situation needs to be completely shut down by a deletion. 'UPDATE: Will cite myself from the talk page response "It is just that I feel the full deletion would solve this much better. This AfD is just going in an obvious path, redirect again like it was used to be, so that is my question here. It's not like there would be a big loss of content here and would prevent IP users to meddle with the article (as they cannot create articles)" Jovanmilic97 (talk) 17:44, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
 * What's wrong with AFD-backed redirect confirmation, possibly sealed with PP if ignored? Tried and true method. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 17:56, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Easily could be redirected back as any other redirect sadly and seeing how IPs change, blocking will not change the status quo here, and then Page Curators would be fighting over and over and over.... So something HAS to be done. I do agree PP is a solid alternative, but I do not think it will fix the issues unless it is at least a 1 year protection (admins accessed only). Jovanmilic97 (talk) 18:46, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Deletion is generally not suitable for songs because after that someone else (most likely new users) will create an article/a redirect anyway. Creation protection is not appropriate (or likely) either. In my opinion, redirect plus extended confirmed/admin edit protection would be ideal because the title is still a valid search term. This anonymous user has been restoring the page multiple times using different IPs, simply deleting the page isn't gonna help. Hayman30 (talk) 19:08, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
 * While I agree with your general reasoning here, I thought IPs were not allowed to create articles here? Same goes to newly created accounts, in both cases they would have to go through AfC from which it can be controlled easily. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 19:49, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 00:50, 26 December 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment: I have provided some sources in the following list; I am not providing a vote either way though, and I will leave it up to the other editors to determine whether or not they contribute to notability. I hope this is somewhat helpful. The sources are: Billboard, Vibe, Capital XTRA, Essence, Idolator, Essence, The Fader, Rap-Up, ABC News Radio, and HotNewHipHop. Even if the article is deleted, these sources could be useful for the main Ciara article, or an album article if this song is released as part of an album in the future. In my personal opinion, it seems that this song was overlooked in favor of Ciara's other two singles "Level Up" and "Dose", which both received far more coverage. Aoba47 (talk) 04:54, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge with and redirect to Ciara - the song itself did not make the Top Twenty, so is probably not notable enough for a standalone article. Vorbee (talk) 10:28, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Redirect and protect. Changed my vote per a good point of Hayman30, fails WP:GNG but is appropriate to redirect to the artist. For Aoba, those sources are either passing mentions, PR or WP:ROUTINE for the release. None of those are indepth enough to help the case here. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 18:45, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I thought so. I would personally not feel comfortable/confident enough to make an article with just those sources; however, some of them may be helpful for the main Ciara article (or an album article if that ever happens). I think a redirect is a better answer than deletion. If I had to vote either way, I would agree with you that redirection and protection is the best approach. The coverage on this song is rather limited; I listed all of the sources that I could find from reliable sources. Aoba47 (talk) 23:01, 27 December 2018 (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.