Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of longest songs by artist


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The result was delete.--Fuhghettaboutit 02:41, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

List of longest songs by artist

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List that transcends music style, could grow but never end. WWGB 01:06, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete per WP:IINFO and WP:NOT, loosely associated topic. Ten Pound Hammer  • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?) 01:30, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Listcruft. android  79  01:33, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Verification for each artist will be extremely difficult. Apart from interminable length of the article, there will be inevitable duplication. (How many versions of Hey Jude will appear?) WWGB 01:36, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete I hate lists that use words like "longest" in their titles, because "longest" is a superlative, and makes it really difficult to understand exactly what the list is supposed to be. Assuming that "longest" means the longest song recorded by an individual artist, the list is unmaintainable, as anyone who has ever recorded a song would meet the criteria for inclusion. Assuming that "longest" is just meant to refer to songs that are considered by the author to be the longest songs ever recorded (which I've seen before), there would be no way to distinguish a "longest" song from a song that is not "longest". You see the problem with superlatives? Calgary 01:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * comment well there is a way to measure the length of a song easily, i.e. how long it goes on for in terms of time. I don't have a problem with that as a concept, but this is a bit of a lame list anyway.Merkinsmum 01:57, 19 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - This is ridiculous. As the nom said, it will never end. WP:NOT. --H| H irohisat  Talk 01:59, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Happily, there are only five songs on the list so far, so I'm glad that it was done as a trial balloon. There have been some creative artists, like Andy Warhol (who, thank God, didn't record music) and they experimented with things like 24 hour long films.  I've heard of David Bowie, but don't know about Porcupine Tree, or the aptly named groups Sleep or Dream Theater.  But there's a reason that nobody wants to play these on the radio or at a party.  Mandsford 02:27, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unmaintainable, completely lacking in objective criteria, a loose association of topics. Resolute 03:33, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Quite simply, listcruft. The article is far from complete (only five songs) and would be difficult to maintain.  TheInfinityZero 03:45, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. This article could become unmaintainably long (it'd have to list every artist around the world along with their longest song).  It'd also be very difficult to verify, what sources would be used to show that this song is, indeed, the longest of theirs and not just a really long one.  For example, Weird Al has two songs that top 10 minutes (Albuquerque and Trapped in the Drive Thru) or whatever they're called and editors may unwittingly keep changing it back and forth.  Anyway, my point was that this article is an unmaintainable loosely-associated list.  Useight 03:52, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete There's also the subjective criteria of a "long song". Spellcast 03:54, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:LC, Criteria not specified, this could end up being a "Longest List of List" candidate. (Grin) Ariel ♥ Gold 03:57, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, per everyone (snowball?). Technically, every artist has a longest song and how many artists are there? Axem Titanium 04:55, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Rather pointless and random, isn't it? Maxamegalon2000 05:06, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - stunningly indiscriminate; it literally purports to have an entry for every single artist in music. Anyways, why is "longest song" important, and non-trivial?  I know quite a few "longest songs" which are like a 3 minute song and then 10 minutes of clicking and mic tests.  --Haemo 05:32, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete The article does not explain why the subject is of significance or importance nor provides any context. It seems to me to be just trivia for the stake of it. --Malcolmxl5 12:37, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete according to my calculations, given current population levels and the present market price of lentils, it will be approximately 11 quintillion years before a bunch of drunk guys in a bar have an argument about which Slint song was the longest. Until then, delete this hopeless trivia. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  19:30, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete for all the reasons above, and to add to the snowball. deranged bulbasaur  19:50, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - I do not see how the longest song an artist has is notable, so such a list would be a trivial intersection. Brusegadi 02:23, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Incomplete and unmaintainable list.--JForget 00:28, 21 August 2007 (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.