Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of songs about famous people


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The result was delete. --Core desat 03:21, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

List of songs about famous people

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The article already survived AfD a year ago under a different name but I believe consensus may have changed in this case. The criterion for inclusion is way too broad and the result is a page of trivia and a random collection of indiscriminate (and unreferenced) information. Some of the content might be salvageable as separate articles but I don't think this passes WP:NOT. Pascal.Tesson 05:10, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete - overly broad inclusion criteria. Impossible to fully assemble this list in any meaningful time frame.  Equally difficult to determine any threshold for "famous", esp. when discussing songs, which can be famously opaque.  --Haemo 06:14, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT. JuJube 08:35, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete, per WP:NOT. Completely unmanageable list, ambigious inclusion criteria etc. etc. etc. Dr bab 11:18, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - how famous is famous? What criteria does a person have to satisfy for a song about them to qualify for inclusion in this list? Would being the subject of a Wikipedia article suffice? Or is it enough just to appear in... this list? Silly. BTLizard 12:27, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong delete per nom and above and WP:NOT. The vague inclusion criteria (who defines famous?) means this is a perfect example of an indiscriminate collection of information.  A r k y a n  &#149; (talk) 15:21, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. This list is as interesting as many other lists in Wikipedia. Anthony Appleyard 15:53, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete 'Interesting' does not defeat policy, delete per WP:NOT HornandsoccerTalk 18:00, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete solely for not answering the Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" question. >: ( Seriously, though, listcruft, belongs on Wikitrivia or something. "Famous" is inherently subjective, and a good portion of the list's entries seem to be "Songs with Famous People in the Title" - c.f. "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle" - or "Songs With Famous People in the Lyrics" (c.f. "Buddy Holly" which oddly enough is not contained for mentioning Mr. Holly, but rather Mary Tyler Moore - don't these kids know Rock and Roll anymore? ) --Action Jackson IV 19:29, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment For an answer to the Carly Simon question, you have to check out this. Always read the Daily Telegraph obituaries - the answers to all kinds of obscure questions are revealed. -- Charlene 04:17, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Bless you for that. I'd been staying up nights, fretting, but now I know. Wot'a'man, an inspiration for !love balladeers! Shenme 06:41, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Note - the list does mention Buddy Holly for being called "Buddy Holly", but Elvis has a mention under "actors", so I still stand by my vote. --Action Jackson IV 19:32, 5 April 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.