Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Orion (song)


 * 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. Although I feel a disambiguation is useless as it's already fully covered in Orion, feel free to make one if you disagree. -- DarkFalls talk 01:24, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Orion (song)

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Contested prod, with the rationale for the contest being that this song (an instrumental by Metallica) is "generally considered Cliff Burton's signature composition". Given that there are no sources providing evidence for this or anything much else, I'm bringing it here. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 09:15, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless sources asserting notability are provided. J Milburn 16:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * delete Songs which lack independant sources about THEM should be redirected to the relevent albums, per wikipedia guidelines. With only a few exceptions, non-single tracks from albums usually lack the references around which to build an article, and this seems to clearly fit that mold.  If enough independant source material can be provided, this may be keepable as an article.  But not as it looks now. --Jayron32| talk | contribs  16:53, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect to album Songs of notable artists which, by themselves, lack reliable sources don't necessarily have to be deleted. They can be redirected to the proper music album for reference, since people might search for them in Wikipedia or in other search engines. - Mtmelendez (Talk 21:51, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment redirection may be problematic - this is not the only song of that title by a notable band (Jethro Tull, for instance, have a song called "Orion", on the album Stormwatch). Grutness...wha?  01:02, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Then perhaps a disambiguation page to both albums. - Mtmelendez (Talk 01:08, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I was about to suggest the same thing but got an edit conflict :) There may be others of this title as well. Grutness...wha?  01:11, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Disambiguation page to all instances with Metallica's Orion redirect to album --  ALLSTAR    ECHO  06:21, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The song was played at Clfiff Burtons funeral and is a well known rock instrumental that has been playe live and on the local rock radio station here and is worhty of it's own page. Why is this even up for deletion? The article clearly aserts notability it just needs proper sources and should have been tag as unsourced, not put up for deletion.--138.192.78.248 02:43, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep It's one of the most well-known songs on the album, and with it's unusual basswork and significance to Cliff Burton's death I think there's enough reason to keep it, if someone will source it. --Benjamin Sheffield


 * 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.