Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Like Suicide


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The result was   redirect to Superunknown. (non-admin closure) Armbrust The Homunculus 12:44, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

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Does not meet guidelines of Notability_(music). Song never charted, was never released as a single, and has not won any awards. -5- (talk) 23:07, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. The first line of the criteria states that "Songs and singles are probably notable if they have been the subject of multiple, non-trivial published works whose sources are independent of the artist and label."  This article satisfies all of that criteria.  Why do we allow individual articles for each Pink Floyd song or each song on Who's Next?  A song does not have to be a single that charted in order to be notable.Hoops gza (talk) 23:14, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * The song is not the subject of even one of the cited sources — it just happens to get mentioned, in cursory passing fashion, in a couple of articles whose core subject is the band. Every single one of the articles also mentions somewhere between "half a dozen" and "every damn song the band ever recorded at all" other songs besides this one, most of which we don't have separate articles about. You are correct that being a charting single isn't the only way a song can become notable enough for an independent article — but you're not correct in asserting that adequate notability has been demonstrated for this song. Bearcat (talk) 00:01, 13 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Superunknown. The song is not the subject of enough coverage to get past WP:NSONGS in its own right, but it is a plausible enough search term to warrant a redirect to its parent album (which is what NSONGS recommends in the case of non-notable songs.) Bearcat (talk) 00:01, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Superunknown, or even a "smerge" if there's enough support that some of this material may be beneficial to the album article. Otherwise, I'm not finding significant coverage for the song to satisfy WP:GNG or WP:NSONGS to warrant a separate article.  Gongshow   talk  00:15, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:11, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:11, 13 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Neutral, but I like 's point about how many freaking Pink Floyd (as well as Bob Dylan and Beatles) songs we keep despite little to no external coverage. Perhaps, if redirected, this should set some kind of precedent for those. Tezero (talk) 04:29, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Superunknown. The references here are essentially fancruft. "So, Kim, what's your fave SG song?" "Hey Matt, I heard you use two drum kits on LS..." "So Chris, tell us about LS..."  Great song. Great band. But not really in need of an article.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 09:04, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Superunknown. Fails WP:NSONGS, lacks the significant independent coverage in reliable sources. STATic message me!   18:41, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Superunknown. I reluctantly agree with Lugnuts.  It could also be selectively merged to the album without issue.  Hard to believe this was 20 years ago.  Some of the classic rock articles do seem a bit crufty as well, but that's an WP:OTHERSTUFF argument.  For those of us suffering from nostalgia, there's always Wikia. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:08, 16 April 2014 (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.