Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Lady In My Life


 * 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 Redirected to Thriller (album), without prejudice to recreating an article if someone can add content showing that the song in particular has notability (like, for example, Beat It). NawlinWiki 03:36, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

The Lady In My Life

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Another non-notable Michael Jackson album track which User:Superior1 refuses to leave as a redirect to the album page. Corvus cornix 07:08, 1 July 2007 (UTC) Keep - I think that we should allow time for references to be added to this article. References are out there, and instead of mindlessly deleting articles we should strive to find them. Give it time. Paaerduag 12:00, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Dazz (talk) 07:40, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete NOT WP:NOT. Moving the article to wikidictionary wouldnt be a good thing as this article more suited for urbandictionary etc.. Corpx 08:00, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Is this on the right article? I'm not sure that a Michael Jackson song belongs on Urban Dictionary. -- Charlene 08:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * What references would ever do anything to this article to make it more than a run of the mill non-notable album track? Corvus cornix 18:52, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable album track. GassyGuy 19:15, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete or Redirect back to the album. It might be on one of the best-selling albums of all time, but it's still an album track.  Eliminator JR Talk  22:41, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Does the same go for all the album tracks on the Beatles albums and stuff like The Dark Side of the Moon? Superior1 02:03, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, for The Wall, another Pink Floyd album with all of the album tracks having their own articles, six of the tracks were released as singles. Are you saying the other twenty should be merged? Superior1 02:05, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Please see WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS and WP:POKEMON for reasons why these arguments, while they may be valid (I have not examined the articles in question to see if they are), do not impact the keeping or deletion of this particular article. GassyGuy 02:47, 3 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment - I am in danger of repeating myself to the point of being a broken record, but I am asking for time. Look at what I've done to the Just Good Friends article for those of you who think I've simply been talking myself up and actually doing nothing. That is not an article worthy of deletion. A stub, maybe, but not worthy of deletion. I need time to do this. Just a little bit. But if all of these AFDs are concluded swiftly then you will cut me short, and that will be extremely unfair. Please give me just a bit of time. What's the harm in that? I ask you again, what is the harm in giving me a little bit of time to expand and add references to these articles? There is no harm.Paaerduag 04:02, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The problem is that there's still no evidence of notability. To prove that this album track is notable, it needs to have non-trivial coverage in reliable sources in which it is the primary topic. It has coverage in user-submitted reviews on sputnikmusic and amazon.com, which are not reliable sources. It has trivial coverage in album reviews. It has been performed on tour, but that alone is not a notability criterion. The problem, therefore, is not with the sourcing of these articles, but that the subjects themselves are unfit. GassyGuy 16:17, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep I believe that songs that are on platinum alblums should be notable by default. The alblum is a major oneBalloonman 21:24, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - I have told Superior1 that I am not going to be expanding or referencing either of the Thriller songs because I simply do not have the time. I don't care what you do, but my keep vote remains simply because this is a notable song, and Rolling Stone, which you conveniently forgot to mention, is indeed a reliable source, as is sputnikmusic and amazon IMO.Paaerduag 00:03, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The Amazon and Sputnikmusic reviews are user-submitted. That is the same as a forum post or blog review, and therefore are not reliable. The Rolling Stone review is about the album, which proves that the album is notable. The song is not the primary topic, which is why that source does not demonstrate the notability of the song per WP:NOTE. GassyGuy 00:56, 3 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete WP:MUSIC establishes some guidlines on the notability of songs and this song doesnt meet any of the requirements there.  The song itself is notcovered in sufficient independent works, it is not ranked on a national or significant music chart, it has not  recognized by journalists, biographers, and/or other respected cultural critics as being significant to a noteworthy group's repertoire, it has not won a significant award or honor (all per the article).   I couldnt find out whether this one was released as a single, but even then due to the lack of a chart apperance I'd stick with my delete vote.  Corpx 10:19, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 05:52, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Thriller. ¿SFGi Д nts!  ¿Complain! ¿Analyze! ¿Review! 21:34, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails to assert any semblance of notability aside from being connected to a notable album. Trusilver 21:51, 6 July 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.