Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of songs about sleep


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The result was delete. Can't sleep... Can&#39;t sleep, clown will eat me 04:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

List of songs about sleep

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Indiscriminate collection of data Corvus cornix 06:47, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep it! maybe should be split, but i think it's useful.
 * Weak Delete Doesn't seem necessary, and it would also need to be split into several articles if it was kept. However, this could be usefull for people looking for songs for movies/productions/etc, so not sure. Probably delete. Matt - TheFearow 10:48, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - I agree with the essay WP:LC that "a 'list of X' should only be created if X itself is a legitimate encyclopedic topic that already has its own article." We don't have an article "songs about sleep", do we? And, if there's nothing particular to write on "songs about sleep", why should we have a list of them? --B. Wolterding 13:28, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete this is listcruft. Doesn't even get many internal links. There is plenty of precedent for this - see Articles for deletion/List of songs whose title includes a phone number (3rd nomination). Hut 8.5 13:33, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Random intersection of concepts. There is no encyclopaedic concept "songs about sleep", so this list is arbitrary.  Also original research: we'd need a reference for songs about insomnia being considered as songs about sleep by the relevant scholarly community (which is absent, since that community does not seem to discuss songs about sleep as a genre).  Finally, we'd have to reference every one, to avoid original research at that level.  I am not aware of any reliable independent source from which one could validate that any given song is about sleep, rather than just mentioning it - is "When you wake (you're still in a dream)" about sleep?  Or about waking up?  Or about something else, but using that as a hook? Plus, where's the Lord Chancellor's nightmare song from Iolanthe, eh?  Guy (Help!) 13:36, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete useless listcruft (as are most articles that begin with List of...). /Blaxthos 16:15, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. This article is not encyclopedic, just trivia.  Useight 18:58, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. This one is definitely hard to define -- I mean, is "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing" really about sleep since it says "I don't wanna fall asleep"? Is "I Can't Sleep" by Clay Walker about sleep just because it has sleep in the title? What about "Dream Big" by Ryan Shupe & The RubberBand, seeing as dreams usually go hand in hand with sleep? Et cetera. It's just too broad. Ten Pound Hammer  • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 20:04, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Already way too long, and missing clear cases like Silent Lucidity. A complete list would be too huge to be useful. JulesH 21:03, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, zzzzz... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pavel Vozenilek (talk • contribs)
 * Delete per Blaxthos. Sleepcruft?? -- Charlene 09:16, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom., and all. --JayJasper 21:53, 5 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.  -- Pax:Vobiscum 15:23, 3 June 2007 (UTC)


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