Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Girl in the Mirror (2nd nomination)

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 redirect to Oops!... I Did It Again. Notify me if this becomes problematic - thisredirect is in lieu of deletion, and should not be overridden Fritzpoll (talk) 16:31, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Girl in the Mirror

Unsourced single, previously deleted and non-notable song ♫Smanu!

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. -- Tavix | Talk 16:15, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 17:33, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to album article. It's a plausible search/link term. --Chiliad22 (talk) 19:21, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per WP:MUSIC; individual songs are notable only in exceptional cases. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 21:10, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The guideline you cite says "Most songs do not rise to notability for an independent article and should redirect to another relevant article" (emphasis mine) --Chiliad22 (talk) 23:26, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete Per WP:RS and WP:NOTE. Article is implausible and dubios – nothing whatsoever to back up this song as notable or a single. The only source I've found so far that mentions anything at all regarding Girl In The Mirror as a single is the article on here itself; the same article that was not only improperly and blatantly falsely sourced for nearly 3 months, but was actually claiming the song to be a "Top 5" hit in Asia, when that clearly is not the case, and with no proof at all to back up the claim. There's people out there who think this song IS a single because of a Wikipedia article they read – possibly only to find out the opposite, and that totally damages this site's credibility. The fact of the matter is if it's not a single, if it's not going to be a single and if it's not a notable song off of a soundtrack, it should be removed (not redirected) from Wikipedia completely. Additionally, this article directly interferes with another; Britney Spears' singles template. Several times (four, to be exact) over the past two weeks this song has been added to the template, as seen here: [1] [2] [3] [4]

It's quite disruptive to the article and annoying to the editors who have to continuously remove this. With this article deleted, people will finally get it that this is not a single, and will refrain from adding it to the template. If it's redirected, they'll still add it (it'll just redirect to the album page), and those viewing the template within her main article will see that it's a single, when it really is not, once again hurting Wiki's credibility.

The only way I would choose a redirect in this case is if this song was part of a current album, thus possibly becoming a single or noteworthy. For example, Kill the Lights, Shattered Glass, Unusual You and Lace And Leather are all songs from Britney's current album "Circus" that are not singles, but could potentially become singles in the near future, and so therefore have been redirect, not deleted. "Girl In The Mirror" is a song (a bonus track, to be exact) from an "album" that was released 9 years ago. There's little to no chance at all that this song will ever become worthy of its own article almost 10 years later, and therefore may as well be deleted entirely. Percxyz (Call me Percy, it's easier) 13:31, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The relevant guideline here clearly says to redirect. If it keeps getting recreated, the redirect can be fully protected. People could recreate just as easily if the page were deleted entirely. --Chiliad22 (talk) 13:40, 27 June 2009 (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.