Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Four Horsemen (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 Merge and redirect. Consensus seems to be that each song is notable, but only in the context of the album. One keep did not give a reason for notability on it's own and resorted to a personal attack, so I couldn't take this into consideration. The other keep was only week, and seems to confirm that the notability of the song on it's own is in question. Tribute songs also don't really strengthen the need for the song to have it's own article, though it means that the song should probably be noted in the album article. Ta bu shi da yu 13:20, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

The Four Horsemen (song)

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Previously prod'ed, this song doesn't have any sources out there demonstrating its independent notability - aside from being a Metallica song from "Kill 'Em All." BigHaz - Schreit mich an 10:36, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Probably not individually notable. Also note that there's a song by the same name on the Aphrodite's Child album 666. JFW | T@lk  11:07, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless sources are provided showing its notability. J Milburn 16:13, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Are you kidding me?--E tac 16:25, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Why would I be doing that? BigHaz - Schreit mich an 23:09, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Because apparently you are having delusions of grandeur and believe you have become some sort of wikigod.--E tac 17:34, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Not so, and you might want to be slightly more collegial in your comments in future. What I'm doing is going through a number of articles on heavy metal albums and establishing which songs don't appear to meet any notability standards. I then list them for deletion. Now, if there's independent notability for this or any other album track on "Kill 'Em All", I'm more than happy to be proven wrong. Simply calling me names isn't going to help in any respect. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 22:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Probably not, but it is mildly entertaining.--E tac 07:40, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Incidentally, is there a rationale for your wanting this article to be kept? BigHaz - Schreit mich an 08:34, 26 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  16:38, 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 21:48, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - Notability of songs are still under development. However it appears that it meets ...has been performed independently by several notable artists, bands or groups since it was covered by Gregorian -- Lenticel ( talk ) 23:22, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Counting the original performance as well, that makes two bands, which may not equate to "several". BigHaz - Schreit mich an 00:19, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * a tribute album to Metallica has the song. Moksha and Slayer performed the song as well. Note that I'm not a fan of Metallica, I just like some of their songs. -- Lenticel ( talk ) 00:37, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Slayer did not perform the song. LuciferMorgan 15:12, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry abut that but 3 bands + album still counts as several right?-- Lenticel ( talk ) 23:53, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * L::Dude what about machanix —Preceding unsigned comment added by E tac (talk • contribs) 05:17, 1 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Merge and Redirect to album article. DMcMPO11AAUK/Talk/Contribs 02:27, 1 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 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.