Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/VH1's Greatest Metal songs of all time


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The result was   delete. Nja 247 09:20, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

VH1's Greatest Metal songs of all time
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Lists aren't generally a copyright vio, especially as bare bones as this is. But because it's not a vio, it adds almost nothing to the encyclopedia, yes VH1 released it, but that doesn't make it notable, and I don't see any indications that outside of marketing of the segment it's inherently notable. At best, it might warrant a merge into a similar article. But every media org that makes a list doesn't need a wiki page for that list. Shadowjams (talk) 09:17, 4 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete The first problem is that it lacks any reliable 3rd party inline citations. Even with those, it would still be questioned for its notability. Lastly, I think I saw a similar list to that once. Similar, but the number one was different. Either way, delete.-- The Legendary   Sky Attacker  09:56, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete unreferenced list, POV - ("greatest X of al time" is necessarily subjective). The criteria for inclusion dependent only on what the programme-makers thought would fill an hour or so of telly and attract advertising. pablo hablo. 11:08, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete For the most part, programs that come out during a sweeps month (such as the particular VH-1 "countdown show" that this comes from) are not notable enough to be talked about the next day. I imagine that this one went two hours, filled with portions of the heavy metal songs, with plenty of pre-recorded celebrity comments, commercial blocks, and stay-tuned hooks.  Mandsford (talk) 14:47, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 16:05, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 16:05, 4 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete-I don't think that weather or not it's notable is the problem, I think the problem is that it's probably the opinion of non-notable people. I've watched a clusterfuck of VH1 specials like this and they mostly just have comedians and other musicians, and although the people these specials are notable, they're opinions aren't. And I'm not insulting them. I'm just saying if this was a list created by well known critics like Robert Christiagu or Stephan Erwin, then it way be notable, but for now, it's unnotable. DELETE! KMFDM FAN  (talk!) 23:04, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Sorry, this would hold up if there was compelling evidence that VH1 is a noted authority in this music genre - which it isn't - more so than any number of authorities on heavy metal music. Instead it's more of their top list. We could have an article comparing the top metal songs from noted authorities or a good list of top charting metal songs but this is not those nor even pretending to be those. -- Banj e  b oi   08:01, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
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