Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of songs in the NHL video game soundtracks

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 14:01, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of songs in the NHL video game soundtracks

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"List of songs in the NHL video game soundtracks" is not a notable concept. Music is not considered to be an important part of the NHL series, and there is no reliable source discussing the entire series' music in a significant or extensive manner. This list of licensed songs is also filled with original research and WP:GAMECRUFT content. OceanHok (talk) 13:45, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. OceanHok (talk) 13:45, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. OceanHok (talk) 13:45, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete lack of notability. Gabe114 (talk) 14:28, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete. Not Notable, Gamecruft, Some sections fail NPOV, Unsourced Claims.PerryPerryD Talk To Me 14:43, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
SNOW Delete. There is absolutely no way this narrow, poorly sourced list qualifies for any of Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Why? I Ask (talk) 15:36, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Can be covered in NHL (video game series), not much worth keeping here. There is some coverage of the soundtrack in its entirety, such as this in-depth article from The Athletic or some listicles ([1][2]), though probably not enough to warrant a standalone list. The actual entries could be added into some individual game articles, since they are covered individually by RS (e.g., NHL 19,NHL 11, NHL 07) Yeeno (talk) 18:15, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this is better for fandom or the individual articles Rlink2 (talk) 21:25, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - So, a few months ago, I spotted this list and likewise thought "Wow, what a silly article, there's no way that this list meets GNG." But then I started hunting for sources, and there is a surprising amount of coverage related to the NHL video game soundtracks across the series. See e.g., [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]. Now, I'm not going to shed one tear if this article is deleted as I really struggle to understand why people care about these soundtracks. But, per WP:IDONTLIKEIT, the fact that something seems silly or trivial is not a valid grounds for deletion. I don't like it either, but it doesn't make sense (at least to me) to say that this topic doesn't meet the minimum requirements of GNG given the coverage that seems to exist.DocFreeman24 (talk) 01:31, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

But the majority of these sources really are just ranking the soundtracks. I would not consider these to be significant coverage. OceanHok (talk) 04:59, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

These are not sources of Notability, these are just top 10 lists, these are not notable sources. This doesnt change the severe gamecruft of this article. PerryPerryD Talk To Me 14:51, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Lacking significant coverage to pass WP:LISTN for a standalone list. Flibirigit (talk) 11:31, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Lacks Notability, no reliable sources present. TimothyStellar (talk) 09:06, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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