Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of songs with particularly long titles


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.  

The result of the debate was no consensus. There's apparently some kind of discrimination going on, judging from the comments below. A further comment: the highest mountains on Earth will change, now and then. Mackensen (talk) 13:52, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

List of songs with particularly long titles
Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. I don't see that this article has any encyclopaedic value whatsoever. The Disco King 18:15, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. I think the article is notable and majority of the bands listed are notable as well. -Myxomatosis 18:57, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete listcruft. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and this list doesn't belong anywhere in one.   lowercase  19:02, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I've got tears in my ears from lyin' on my back In my bed while I cry over you and vote to Delete as pointless listcruft. Fan1967 19:08, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * NOTE - I've just discovered the below article. It seems to complement this one, so I'm nominating them together:


 * List of albums with particularly long titles


 * Cheers! User:The Disco King (not signed in) 204.40.1.129 19:26, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete both. "particularly long" is fuzzy, for start. Pavel Vozenilek 19:56, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak delete of both My only problem with voting delete (aside from the fact that I'm a huge Fiona Apple fan and can recite the title of her second album) on these is that the lists are not endless; there are limits set on (at least) how many words a title must contain. But, with that said, it's still listcruft. -- Kicking222 19:59, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * keep both. although "particular" is vague and a renaming may be appropriate, long titles of songs/albums are interesting, in a way. Spearhead 20:52, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with a rename of both titles would be sufficient. -Myxomatosis 21:22, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete both. Indiscriminate listcruft with little utility. A vast number of things can be turned into lists; few should be. On a tangent: I find it hard to believe that Pink Floyd's Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict didn't make the list. --Fuhghettaboutit 22:47, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Only 16 words? That's a rather short title.  Grue   17:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Several Species was the original and only entry when I created this list in July 2005! --Gbeeker 04:00, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete both. "Particularly" is just an invitation to listcruft. Unless we can draw a line in the sand, this article will always suffer from POV problems. Fagstein 02:33, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * There is a line. The limit is 20 words.  Grue   17:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete both listcruft and an indiscriminate collection of information. &mdash;M e ts501 talk 03:05, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete both- listcruft listcruft listcruft. Reyk  YO!  03:12, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm... I see this a couple of different ways... I would say... Keep on the grounds that, A: The list DOES discriminate; only songs with 20 words or more are allowed (hence why that Pink Floyd song isn't on there), and B: It IS an interesting list that has taught me something (albeit trivial) about music. It's also certainly fun to show someone, so they may see just how long some artists are willing to make their song titles. However, it is true that MANY things can be made into a list, and if lists like this are typically removed from Wikipedia, then go ahead and Delete this one. Off topic, but I have a backup copy saved for my own enjoyment should the article be deleted, and I recommend everyone who enjoys it do the same while it's still up, cause it looks like it's going to burn. Fiction Alchemist 71.100.15.41 08:08, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Not encyclopedic. Twittenham 15:10, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong keep useful and encyclopedic. This would be a real loss to Wikipedia if these are deleted.  Grue   17:33, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep but consider changing the title to List of songs with long titles. Is particularly particularly necessary? THE KING 05:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * If there's a hard limit at 20 words, then it should be in the title. So "List of songs with titles of at least 20 words" or something similar would be more appropriate. Fagstein 19:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I created this list, and it was originally called List of songs with long titles. Then someone renamed it. I'm for changing the name, now that a reasonable line of 20 songs has been established. --Gbeeker 03:35, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep I see no reason why this should be deleted, it's very informative, includes notable artists and there are many many sillier lists on here. I've seen the article linked to on various message boards these past few months so it is being read a fair bit as well. Jellypuzzle | Talk 16:22, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep although probably with the aforementioned renames incorporating the limits. Satan&#39;s Rubber Duck 01:21, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Both Listcruft, Fancruft and Original Research. SergeantBolt 16:02, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep both - but rename with number of word limit. --Gbeeker 03:35, 2 June 2006 (UTC).
 * Comment from the article discussion page: I'd say this page serves a similar purpose to the one that a List of highest mountains serves. People want to know the biggest or the most in categories. It's not listcruft. It's sorted, and limited. I'd understand if it does get deleted, but as far as I can tell, Wikipedia is the only place where a list like this exists. In fact, this article is the second result in a google search for songs with long titles. --Gbeeker 04:00, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Except that the 100 highest mountains on Earth will never change. This article does not have a limit on the number of entries it can have (only a minimum standard on length). Plus there's the notability problems, but that's not a reason to delete. Fagstein 18:17, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep both - I was doing some research on song titles and this article helped me immeasurably. -ryan-d 16:37, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Listcruft. Zaxem 11:49, 5 June 2006 (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.