Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List song


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The result was keep. Michig (talk) 06:00, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

List song

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Not notable distinction for a song. Entire list is an WP:OR farm. There is a category called Category:List songs but in each article makes no mention of the song being a list song. Ajf773 (talk) 09:57, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Ajf773 (talk) 09:57, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Ajf773 (talk) 09:57, 28 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete, tentatively. I see some sources that show that the concept "list song" is not made up, but it's not clear that it's notable, and even less clear that all of these examples would have sources justifying inclusion such that this list isn't just OR. Also worth noting there's Category:List songs. A spot check of some examples there turns up no instance of the phrase "list song" outside of the name of the category... &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 15:14, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I created this because it's a well known genre, especially through the work of Gilbert & Sullivan. Many patter songs fall into this category. I suppose in its current form it should be moved to list of list songs... Guy (Help!) 23:21, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
 * If it's a well known genre then I would expect you to have found multiple independent sources to verify this. Ajf773 (talk) 23:50, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment the current page is, indeed, a List of list songs. The concept is fairly obvious; I found this 2016 Salon article about it, and, of course, TVTropes. power~enwiki ( π,  ν ) 03:22, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. It is a common song genre, and it is cross-cultural common. I could mention list songs in a handful of languages, but the anglophone layman needs only to think "The Twelve Days of Christmas" for an example of a well-known one. I have added 70+ references to sources found via Google Books and expanded the article x7. It can easily be expanded further, for now I have left out e.g. Gilbert & Sullivan and Sondheim in the musical tradition, traditional folk music etc. I have tagged the article for clean-up: songs that can not be referenced to a source that reasonably places them in the category should be removed. Sam Sailor 06:10, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. No lack of reputable sources in the article and beyond. As laundry list song is also commonly used for this distinct song type and list song is somewhat confusing versus the more common song list, we should consider using the longer name. Without prejudice. gidonb (talk) 17:25, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:42, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per Sam Sailor. Satisfies GNG and LISTN. James500 (talk) 13:44, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per Sam Sailor; renaming might be a good idea, but that can be decided later and elsewhere. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 19:04, 5 August 2018 (UTC)


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