Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Dean and I


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The result was   keep. Chart success means it passes WP:MUSIC#Songs Black Kite 23:01, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

The Dean and I

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Non-notable song that fails to meet crietrion at Notability (music) Grimhim (talk) 02:24, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - unless I'm mistaken, charting is a notable thing for a song. Unless of course it's orginal research. RockManQ (talk) 02:33, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Would be nice to have sources for the interview stuff at the end of the article, but it was a Top 10 single in Britain - passes MUSIC. Townlake (talk) 03:41, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Nominator's comment: "Passes MUSIC"? I think not. The fact that it charted isn't justification alone for an article. "A separate article is only appropriate when there is enough verifiable material to warrant a reasonably detailed article". There are a lot of words here about the song, but little that provides any significant information for an encyclopedia article. Grimhim (talk) 05:11, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep for now. I would have thought all the words about the lyrics can be easily verified. But I see your point - song lyrics should not warrant an article, however good (or bad) they are. And there are an awful lot of chart singles to get through. I am surprised there is not a policy, e.g. only UK or US No 1 singles. I'd be happy with a smaller article without any words about lyrics. Martinevans123 (talk) 07:14, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 11:06, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable. Possibly fails WP:RS now, but give it time to improve. I'm sure it will, given that the AFD worked wonders for Robin Simon. Spec  ial  K  14:05, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep I don't think that chart singles are by any means inherently notable (although #1's usually come pretty close), but I'm usually willing to give the benefit of the doubt to anything that hit Top 10. There're two sources, so I'm sure this article can be improved. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 18:39, 4 September 2008 (UTC)


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