Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gangnam Style by country


 * 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   merge to Gangnam Style. Subject is significant, but doesn't quite justify a content fork per the opinions below (and the duplicate !vote). v/r - TP 20:34, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Gangnam Style by country

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This article is related to the following discussion: Articles for deletion/Gangnam Style phenomenon; at any rate, there should not be three or four spinoff articles detailing the same thing, and content would best be put in a "reaction" section of the original article. I suppose a secondary article regarding the phenomenon or reaction would be appropriate, as well, but not 3 content forks. dci &#124;  TALK   18:25, 2 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:TOOSOON and WP:NORUSH. Once the "charm" has worn off, and people move on to the next flavor-of-the-week, these articles will all be merged together or deleted anyway. This "phenomenon" will end up in the dustbin right next to the "Macarena Phenomenon" and all of the other "Phenomenons". This happens all the time and is predictable.--Sue Rangell ✍ ✉  20:53, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose delete In my opinion, Wikipedia is not a crystal ball WP:CRYSTAL  and I believe we should at least wait until the "phenomenon" is over and then it will be clear whether or not to delete. For those sceptical that this phenomenon is going to remain, I would recommend further reading at Effects of Gangnam Style (which hopefully doesn't get deleted too).  Personally, I believe you would have to wait some time before the phenomenon is over, if getting 1 billion views by mid-December indeed turns out to be true -A1candidate (talk) 21:10, 2 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep Although fairly trivial and newsy the article is well-sourced. I would say it meets the usual WP standards. Steve Dufour (talk) 22:48, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, clearly a significant amount of secondary source coverage all over the world about this notable phenomenon. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 00:56, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment All editors are encouraged to re-read WP:RECENTISM. This stuff always ends up deleted and merged anyway. Doing it now will just save work later. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 04:56, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: This phenomenon passes the WP:10 year test: Its the first time a video approaches one billion views, its has topped more national music charts than Macarena (or any other comparable phenomenon) ever did, its success is something that the South Korean music industry has worked on for twenty years and the song will be remembered for K-pop's (Korean pop) breakthrough in the US music market. -A1candidate (talk) 07:06, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per Sue Rangell. This is an excellent example of WP:RECENTISM. --BDD (talk) 16:13, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge - The info is fine, it just doesn't need to be spread out across so many articles. There should be two articles - One about the song, and one about the it's effects/phenomenon/"by country"/whatever other variations there are out there. All of these "Impact/effect" articles are redundant of one another, and should be merged together. (Using whichever title as the most predecence in the past.) Sergecross73   msg me   22:18, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment a there are about 5-7 articles on this that all say essentially the same thing.(see previous and next day's archives) --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 23:30, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge to Gangnam Style phenomenon which covers exactly the same information as this. Cyan Gardevoir  (used EDIT!) 07:58, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Gangnam Style phenomenon should be merged here instead -A1candidate (talk) 18:05, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * No, this should be merged to Gangnam style phenomenon because it describes a phenomenon. "Gangnam Style by country" doesn't really mean anything. Cyan Gardevoir  (used EDIT!) 20:41, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * It should simply be deleted as duplicate info. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 22:12, 4 December 2012 (UTC)


 * 'Delete as unnecessary fork. But if kept, I expect to see a section acted for every country in Africa.  How is Psy effecting Mali?  Let's not omit that.--Milowent • hasspoken  04:20, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:38, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:38, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * This info could be on the Gangnam Style article...  CURTAINTOAD! TALK! 04:05, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep: This phenomenon passes the WP:10 year test and will be remembered for K-pop's (Korean pop) breakthrough in the US music market. Article should not be merged to Gangnam Style (almost 200 kB) as per WP:SIZERULE. Gangnam Style phenomenon has been deleted so this must remain -A1candidate (talk) 09:46, 9 December 2012 (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.