Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of surrealistic pieces


 * 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 was delete.--Fuhghettaboutit 00:30, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

List of surrealistic pieces

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Article is not a list of surrealistic pieces but a list of composers. The subject is also completely open to interpretation. Who’s to say what “surrealistic” means? Even experts conflict in their interpretations of this. This page obviously has no usable content and is original research. S.dedalus 00:34, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nomination. --S.dedalus 00:34, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. "Surrealistic" isn't really clearly defined. Torc2 00:49, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Torc2. —Signed by KoЯn fan71 My TalkSign Here! 00:58, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom - article does not match title, "surreal" and "piece" are not adequately defined, and Happy Birthday isn't listed ;) SkierRMH 01:46, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - A song written over a hundred years ago to different words that somehow is still under copyright and generates royalties for AOL Time Warner? Yeah, you'd have to be stoned out of your gourd to believe a story like that.  :-)   Torc2 09:10, 13 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. A list built from reliable sources identifying pieces as surrealistic might be ok, but without any sources, this is just original research. Nick Graves 04:00, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: Not changing my vote, but it's worth noting that AfD discussion of List of musical works in unusual time signatures pretty much establishes the a precedent that a list being unfinished (or unfinishable) and possibly subjective isn't a sufficient reason for deletion. A list like this can be acknowledged as perpetually incomplete and somewhat subjective and still be a worthwhile resource.  If someone has a reliable source that clearly defines 'Surrealism' as a genre of music, I could see this being a valid list of representative works. Torc2 09:32, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agree surrealist in music isn't well defined. Most of these musical genre lists would be better attached to the main article where definitions can be discussed in detail and a highly selective list of key xxx pieces, according to appropriate expert sources, is useful. Espresso Addict 13:21, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. This article is indicative of the problem that has plagued the main Surrealism article: a failure to adequately define "the surreal" and/or a failure to understand Breton's definition.  The term "surreal" (or, even worse, "surrealistic") now means something significantly different than what Breton said in his manifesto of 1924.  Since there is an article on Surrealism in music, whatever is verifiable in this "List of surrealistic pieces" should be merged there, and this "list" deleted. ---  RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive'  16:17, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete better as category.  ALKIVAR &trade; &#x2622; 16:57, 14 October 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.