Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1980


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The result was Delete the entire set. (aeropa gitica) 23:00, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1980
This and 25 other lists exist as Wikipedia articles, and I'm nominating all of them for deletion. I'm giving two reasons: first of all, despite the importance of KROQ, there is no special importance attached to this yearly countdown, let alone the countdown of any specific year... hundreds of radio stations make lists like this, and including them is, plainly, an indiscriminate collection of information. Second, and more importantly, this is a massive copyright violation: the list is intellectual property of KROQ and there is no claim of fair use that can be made. Let me point out that none of the 26 lists I've nominated contain any commentary about the list, they just give the list (with a basically unchanging header). The other articles are:


 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1981
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1982
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1983
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1984
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1985
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1986
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1987
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1988
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1989
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1990
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1991
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1992
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1993
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1994
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1995
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1996
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1997
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1998
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1999
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 2000
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 2001
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 2002
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 2003
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 2004
 * KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 2005

There is also an article, KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns that is currently up for deletion at Articles for deletion/KROQ Top 106.7 Countdowns (2nd nomination), which is likely to be closed soon. If that article is not deleted, but these are, it should also be deleted, as it will basically be a list of redlinks. Mango juice talk 05:32, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all. While it may be a major list, it's not our duty to mirror the information of other organizations, espcially given that this is infringing on intellectual property rights. --Wafulz 05:51, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * See Copyright problems/2006 February 4 for the cited case law, which specifically excludes lists that are simple compilations of raw polling data. These articles tell us that the lists are simple counts of votes by listeners. Uncle G 11:55, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete All per nom. It's the same reason why lists like the Maxim 100 get deleted as well. TJ Spyke 06:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all for the reasons given and because it is not even useful as a guide to the most popular songs in the U.S., as it is skewed by being at a rock station, people have to call-in and because it is just one radio station that only covers the L.A. area. -- Kjkolb 06:06, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - I really don't think that leaving the articles here hurts wikipedia, and it certainly improves the KROQ family of articles. As for the copyright issue, is it really their intelectual property? The articles say that the list is established by caller's votes, and unless KROQ mind controlled all those callers then the results of the list are not theirs. Copyright protects the creative expression of material, not the material itself. In my eyes that means that while the broadcast of the countdown can be copyrighted, the voting results cannot be. Any more input? --Daniel Olsen 06:45, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all per both reasons - CrazyRussian talk/email 07:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete The lists have no encyclopedic value and no commentary or other information to place this above any other random list of songs from the last twenty-five years.  (aeropagitica)    (talk)   08:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. The issue not whether the articles "hurt" WP or "improves" KROQ.  They are not notable, and make no claims of notability.  Tychocat 10:39, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree, this is trivia not enyclopedic material. Delete all per nom. --kingboyk 12:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong delete per all the reasons I mentioned in the last two nominations. --musicpvm 15:14, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as unencyclopedic; Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of info. Punkmorten 15:28, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. We probably need only one list of top rock songs (or any other genre) per year, and a source like Billboard Magazine or one of the industry leaders most likely has that list.  It would have to be based on some objective criteria, like the most number of records sold.  KROQ doesn't have that methodology as far as I can see.  --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 17:48, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. —Ruud 19:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all per nom. Lets not set a bad precident. The last thing we need is an indiscriminate list from every radio station in the world. Resolute 19:56, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all per nom. Agree with Resolute. This seems little more than advertising for the KROQ radio station. --Shirahadasha 22:32, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong delete all, Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. If this were Billboard or some other large organization, then I'd say keep, but it's just one radio station. --Core des at talk. ^_^ 22:45, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as radio trivia as it sucks poop. --Nintendude message 00:50, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all. Listicrufts. Even Billboard Hot 100 does not appear to have the annual year-end playlist in wiki, why this station? This is not notable by a long way. Ohconfucius 02:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all as WP:NOT an indiscriminate collection of information, per all similar recommendations above. -- Kinu t /c  04:57, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, not as copyright infringement in this case but as simply unencyclopedic. We can link to the lists or make excerpts in the main KROQ article if necessary. 21:51, 28 August 2006 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nae'blis (talk • contribs)
 * 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.