Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of most sad English songs


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:49, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

List of most sad English songs

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A list like this is always going to be problematic. This is purely opinion, and there doesn't seem to be a reliable source for this. This is different from Time 100 or Afi 100, which publish their own notable lists. The current text on this article is from "AOL music" -- is that a reputable source for this type of list? And if it is, where is the reference? Any reference at all? In short: a problematic, opinion list without any sources is the primary reason for this AFD. &mdash; Timneu22 · &#32; talk 22:17, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - Little prospect of LSC being addressed in the future as per the nomination; in particular the criteria being unambiguous and objective. Fæ (talk) 22:24, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Who knew Billie Holliday and Johnny Cash (among others) were English? This list is extremely incoherent&mdash;if it's a list of songs by English (i.e. British) musicians then it's just inaccurate, if it's a list of songs by artists who sing in the English language then it's just weird. As the other two editors mention, there's no way to determine what songs are "most sad" and thus no way to construct the list in a neutral way. Deletion is really the only option here, though the list did well to mention I Know It's Over&mdash;that song is totally sad, but to the point of being hilarious. --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 23:03, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete "Sad" is a value judgement WP:LISTV--Savonneux (talk) 23:26, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete WP is for facts not opinions. And there are some other songs that I think are much sadder than some of these, how about Both Sides Now? Wolfview (talk) 23:29, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - AOL's opinion or poll is not notable. Bearian (talk) 23:56, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete This is too subjective to be encyclopedic. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:58, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. This poll isn't even properly referenced, much less notable. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 06:40, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete The source is apparently this list of 20 songs.  Even back in the 90s when America Online was the most popular internet service, it would only have been among the many different things on aol.com, most of which didn't attract notice anywhere else.  I think it's virtually useless, and WP:IDONTLIKEIT, since it has no information about what makes any of the songs sad.   Mandsford 12:32, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:33, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete Entirely subjective. Carrite (talk) 05:01, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete AOL still exists? Gobonobo  T C 20:39, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. No list of saddest English songs that omits this or this can possibly be worth keeping. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:29, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Or this or this or this? It would be fun to make such a list - we would all have our favorites - but Wikipedia is not the place. --MelanieN (talk) 01:38, 9 June 2010 (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.