Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Still Ill


 * 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 keep. With the nominator withdrawing the nomination alongside the policy based keep arguments, the consensus weights strongest with Keep. (non-admin closure) Dusti*Let's talk!* 06:52, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Still Ill

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This is a Smiths song from an album, it never was a single. The only material on this page - and the references that apparently mean I can't do a redirect - is to prove that an unauthorised film about the band was named after a line in this song. That fact can go on the page about that film. It does not support the idea that this song needs its own article. Unknown Temptation (talk) 00:00, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

It does not meet any of the criteria for a song to have an article:


 * Ranked on chart: No, never released
 * Won an award: No, not that I know of
 * Multiple artists recording: No evidence to this — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unknown Temptation (talk • contribs) 00:03, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:59, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:59, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 06:00, 5 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete - The song got a little notoriety because one of its lyrics inspired to title of a movie, but that is trivia that can be (and is) mentioned at the movie's article. Any other minor trivia associated with the song can be mentioned at the article for its parent album. Otherwise all we have is that this song existed, and existence does not prove notability. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 20:27, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. The song received significant coverage in Simon Goddard's book Songs That Saved Your Life, and in John D. Luerssen's The Smiths FAQ, and therefore satisfies WP:GNG. --Michig (talk) 07:29, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Nominator failed to do WP:BEFORE. Over 100 mentions in Google Scholar . Appears on six of The Smiths' albums: . Covered by multiple other recording artists: . And so on and so forth. Softlavender (talk) 07:37, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I withdraw my nomination as the additional references have shown a notability for the song in itself which was not present when I first looked at the page. Unknown Temptation (talk) 14:05, 6 April 2019 (UTC)


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