Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Let Them Know

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 keep. The song has received enough coverage upon its release. (non-admin closure) ASTIG😎 _{(ICE T • ICE CUBE)} 00:15, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Pre-release churnalism and press releases to hype an upcoming album, with not enough substance in the sources to fill a thimble. Quite simply WP:TOOSOON by (optmisticially) a few weeks and should be redirected to artist until then, but since that redirect was reverted, here we are. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 21:15, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Elmidae (talk · contribs) 21:15, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Elmidae (talk · contribs) 21:15, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep to correct the nominator, this is a single not an album and it is by a high profile pop artist that will chart highly following its release in 4 days. NME, Official Charts Company and The Line of Best Fit articles are written by staff and are not press releases. There's also articles written in the Daily Star and The Sun which I never included due to them being tabloids. Per WP:NSONG this is independent coverage and the article will grow beyond a stub. It's not WP:TOOSOON with release date only 4 days away and the current details such as writing credits, cover art, release date, song length, inspiration behind the song all being notable and verifiable. The article received nearly 300 views yesterday. Cool Marc ✉ 03:16, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The NME, LOBF and OCC articles are just announcements of the single's release, heavily quoting Mabel's own Instagram post, and release announcements don't make the song notable. The existence of writing credits, cover art and song length don't make the song notable either, and the inspiration is a statement by Mabel taken from a press release, so it's not independent. So yes, this was definitely created too soon and with no in-depth independent or notable coverage. Having said all that, I agree that this is likely to chart in multiple countries next week and independent reviews of the song are likely to appear online very soon, so it's probably not worth deleting now. Richard3120 (talk) 16:58, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Completely concur with Richard3120. The single has not been released yet and there is lack of significant coverage in multiple reliable sources that are independent. So the article is currently WP:TOOSOON. But it's not worth deleting immediately since there is a possibility of it charting and being reviewed by reputed sources, so should better be redirected to Mabel discography. --Ashleyyoursmile! 17:15, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak keep - I would recommend against deleting the article one day before the song is out. It is generating decent page views too so deletion would disservice those people looking for information about it.--NØ 15:01, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per WP:RAPID and MaranoFan's comments. It's generally not helpful to nominate a music-related article for deletion when the recording in question is unreleased and thus its notability can not be as easily determined; because of this, doing so is often seen as an act of bad faith. I do wish people would develop articles for unreleased singles in draftspace first in order to avoid these things (no-one wants their work being tossed out pretty much straight away), but oh well. (For the record, it's also out now, at least where I live). Sean Stephens (talk) 01:12, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep There is already enough coverage. It's true that it may end up charting, but you cannot assume so per WP:TOOSOON. Lesliechin1 (talk) 08:52, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep or redirect - Keep, or redirect to Mabel_discography#Singles. --Jax 0677 (talk) 11:18, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as there are enough reliable sources backing the article as The Line of Best Fit, DIY or Los 40. Plus this is obviously going to chart on the UK next week. Anonpediann (talk) 19:12, 20 June 2021 (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.