Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jesus on the Radio
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- 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 all, if anyone needs any of the content for merging then please ask. Steve (Stephen) talk 02:38, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Non-notable song. This song was never released as a single and is only notable within the Guster fanbase. Metros232 23:17, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Also nominating, for the same issue:
- Delete per nom. Should we have an article on "Third quarter of Super Bowl XLI"? YechielMan 23:31, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. Interesting and informative for those searching for Guster articles. I know they're not singles, but they're the bands most famous songs. The radio/label chooses which songs to be "singles" for this particular band, but that doesn't mean that they're the most well known songs at all. Guster is known, especially, for many of these songs that you listed for deletion. It's important to keep them. The articles just need some help and more information. I just gave them a start as stubs one day, but haven't gotten around to making the articles better yet. "Jesus on the Radio", in particular, is song that they play live, unplugged, and is always the most well-known, remembered, and talked about song from the band. "So Long", "I Spy", "What You WIsh For", and "Great Escape" are by far 4 of their most famous songs. These are also songs with special, noted meanings on song lyric/meaning sites, which only list certain notable songs. - hmwithtalk 05:31, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment if you can find reliable sources for these, I don't think anyone would have a problem with these being merged to their respective albums like KIT or LaGF, but Wikipedia does not allow articles on non-notable songs. Sure, they're notable to the fanbase but they're not notable outside of the fanbase. If you're able to find sources for it, I'm pretty sure that you would have a good case with Amsterdam as that's probably been the most notable single of the band to this point. Metros232 10:46, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Response: There are actually 3 singles that have been in the Top 40: "Amsterdam" (#20), "Careful" (#30), and "Fa Fa" (#26). - hmwithtalk 21:30, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete Though I agree with everything you said, hmwith. This song is important within the scope of Guster, their fans, their career, etc. It provides an insight into the band, and adds to the overall imformation about them available. But I think it is better included in the Guster article. Since including article subjects based solely on their importance to a defined demographic would become unmanageable, I fall back on the Wikipedia guidelines and policies regarding notability, which I believe are more or less logical. Since this song is not the subject of non-trivial coverage by multiple independent sources, I don't find it notable in terms of the broader goal of the encyclopedia.. --Tractorkingsfan 08:28, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge and redirect per above Orphic 07:59, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Merge and redirect per above. A1octopus 18:41, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per WP:MUSIC ~ G1ggy! Reply | Powderfinger! 23:40, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- 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.