Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vlad the Impaler (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   delete.  MBisanz  talk 17:40, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Vlad the Impaler (song)

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I found a couple of sources (in Dutch) that establish that the song exists and that the band has played it, but not that it charted or is otherwise significant. They can't all be zingers. Drmies (talk) 21:07, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. A very minor hit, but with the video also receiving coverage, and given that every other single that they have released has a standalone article, I think this is worth keeping. Coverage found (mostly brief): NME Video blog, MTV Romania, Daily Record review, Rolling Stone, NME, NME. Enough to have well-sourced short article at least. --Michig (talk) 21:22, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Or to have a much-better referenced section in the main article... Drmies (talk) 23:57, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * If this was the only single from the album I would say merge there, but the trouble with merging there to expand that article (or the one on the band) would be that there would be more content there about one of the band's least notable singles than there would about the others, as those all have separate articles. --Michig (talk) 07:29, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 22:04, 29 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Who gets to decide what's "notable" enough to warrant an article? This song is one of the band's best known songs and if you take a look at their setlist stats you'll find that they have played at at pretty much every single gig since its release. The chart position says nothing about its popularity, the reason it charted low was that the song had already been released for free as a teaser ahead of the album. Plus the official video (starring Noel Fielding) is one of their most famous ones. Bellmouth (talk) 18:10, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * "Who gets to decide what's "notable" enough to warrant an article?" - The community does. That's why we're here discussing it. --Michig (talk) 18:26, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Theo polisme  00:01, 5 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete We all get to decide. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 21:14, 5 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NSONG - The sources supplied above notwithstanding, "a separate article on a song is only appropriate when there is enough verifiable material to warrant a reasonably detailed article" and this one seems not to be an exception to that rule, based on my searches  Ohconfucius  ping / poke 03:45, 6 December 2012 (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.