Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of songs which refer to other songs


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The result was delete. Sr13 08:38, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

List of songs which refer to other songs

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Delete - another sprawling (72K and counting) unsourced, indiscriminate list, a directory of loosely associated topics. The list brings together songs with no commonality in style, theme or content beyond happening to supposedly refer to another song in a line or two of the lyrics. This list tells us nothing about the listed songs, the songs that they supposedly reference or music in general. Otto4711 16:49, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Delete Agree with nomintor, additionally it's listcruft -- su mn ji m  talk with me·changes 17:22, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Delete As per WP:LC.--Edtropolis 17:23, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Delete, defintely a loose association. So what if Blake Shelton mentions "Margaritaville" in the opening line to "Some Beach"? The rest of the song has nothing to do with Buffett or Margaritaville (except maybe for some marginal stylistic similarities). Ten Pound Hammer  • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 17:33, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. Blake must have met Jimmy Buffett before.--Edtropolis 17:53, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Delete Not only is this listcruft; it's largely WP:OR as well. Geoffrey Spear 17:34, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) There are too many "Lists of songs about..." articles. I'm tempted to create List of Wikipedia articles about lists of songs about a topic, expect that it would be ultimately pointless.  OK, how about List of Wikipedia articles about lists of songs that should be deleted (the lists, not the songs)?  Never mind.  As a kindness to the closing administrator, I'll just say delete.  --Elkman (Elkspeak) 18:43, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Delete per nom. --Evb-wiki 19:41, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Add to the ever growing "List of lists of songs with arbitrary inclusion criteria that were deleted".  Ark yan  &#149; (talk) 19:48, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) BALEETED!!!. I'm getting real tired of List of songs that contain the letter E in the title. Useight 20:08, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Delete per nom & ample precedent. Carlossuarez46 21:25, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Delete Save your list somewhere, for it will be deleted; but consider bringing it back in a shorter form.  It's not that the idea is bad, but it's too long, and after you get to the K's, it gets boring.  However, within the list are some interesting ideas, such as songs that respond to other songs.  As Joel Whitburn and other persons with a sense of popular culture know, some songs are replies to others (such as "Sweet Home Alabama" to "Southern Man").  If you were to "chainsaw" the thing, get rid of (1) parodies, especially Weird Al; (2) a singer or band referring to a previous song in a more recent song, such as with any of the Beatles; (3) songs from the same album that link to each other, such as with Queen; (4) an obscure song that tries to ride the coattails of a hit.  Hope to see this again in a much abridged form.  Mandsford 23:23, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) Delete The trivia or general info of the songs should be enough, not in a long list like that.--JForget 00:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) Delete: I don't see a common theme for the songs in this list. -MrFizyx 04:36, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) Delete per nom. Listcruft. Maybe if enough songs that have their own articles should be grouped like this, consider a category for those. --Bren talk 05:08, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 11) Delete per nom., and all. Consider bringing back in an abridged form, per Mandsford.--JayJasper 17:21, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 12) Delete. Indiscriminate, unsourced list with no corresponding article on the subject matter. - Zeibura (Talk) 22:16, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Keep
 * 1) Keep, but with sources and/or moving to another Wikimedia site, e.g. Wikiquote. Agree mostly with Mandsford. Pædia 00:11, 20 June 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.