Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lunatic Fringe (song)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 00:03, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Lunatic Fringe (song)

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WP:NSONGS doesn't seem to have anything notable about it, barely fits WP:STUB Alan  -  talk  00:01, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:44, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.  —NellieBly (talk) 03:37, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, with comment: I can't find any 1981 Canadian charts on the web, but this was an amazingly popular song and still plays in rotation on some stations. It was the best-known single on a platinum-selling album. The article doesn't do the subject justice, I'll agree. I've added this discussion to the list of Canada-related deletion discussions to get more eyes on it, preferably from someone who has better resources than I do and who can find out if the song charted. However, this song was immensely popular and still gets regular airplay, so I simply can't agree that it isn't notable. --NellieBly (talk) 03:08, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Billboard September 1981 issue has this song charting at #60 on the Rock Radio Airplay chart, so clearly it was in pretty heavy rotation nationally in the US. Also, the song was awarded a SOCAN Classic award for achieving the 100,000-airplay mark on (Canadian) domestic radio. The song was also well-known for being used in the film Vision Quest and the TV series Miami Vice.(|RIDER&sql=11:gifrxqr5ldje~T1 AMG)--Canley (talk) 05:29, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * These newly-dug-up references should be added to the article itself — I've seen it happen far, far too often that people find enough references to support notability, but they get shown off in the AFD discussion while the article itself never actually gets improved at all. But they do certainly support a keep. Bearcat (talk) 08:18, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I've added the above references and more to the article. --Canley (talk) 00:48, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep per sources provided by Canley. Agree with Bearcat that the article needs work and these refs should be added. IOW, expansion is the answer here, not deletion.  Gongshow  Talk 17:49, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: Passes WP:MUSIC. Joe Chill (talk) 00:30, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: per Gongshow. DigitalC (talk) 19:56, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Gongshow; note it also charted to #70 in Canada in 1997 (added to article). -M.Nelson (talk) 22:24, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Snow Keep. Per all of the above.--Epeefleche (talk) 01:17, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Gongshow and M.nelson. Rlendog (talk) 01:33, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
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