Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Common songs

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 No consensus to delete nor change anything, really.. Maxim_(talk) 12:54, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Common songs[edit]

It is an unnecessary content fork to have articles listing every song of a musician. Such information is already mentioned in the categories such as Category:Common songs and in the album articles. Spellcast 08:39, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: So I misred it, still saying delete because the category works to full effect in this case. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. IvoShandor 11:59, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I often vote to delete lists when categories fill the same purpose, but in this case I think lists make sense as well since many of these songs, being b-sides and such, will never have categorisable articles. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 11:54, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Things like b-sides make up a small part of the list. They can easily be merged in the discography pages. Take a look at featured lists such as Gwen Stefani discography and Hilary Duff discography. Spellcast 19:41, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

B-sides aren't notable enough to warrant mention outside the article. Dihydrogen Monoxide 06:22, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect all to the discography article for the respective artist. There is no reason why a "list of songs" has to be separate from a "discography." Otto4711 12:47, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Just like the List of Beatles songs, this article offers a comprehensive list of information important to its artist Common. I think there is too much information for it to be condensed into a discography article unless its format was completely changed. Noahdabomb3 22:15, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with Otto. Where there is a discography, this should be merged. Where there is no discography, they should be rewritten as a discography. --JayHenry 22:28, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete There is no need for this to be a list, they should be on the track listings for the album, or not at all. i ^said 01:43, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I agree with User:I - These should be a part of a track listing for album, not all lumped together Corpx 04:05, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep good way to keep track of b-sides, official songs vs. bootlegs, plus remixes and featured versesCosprings 00:16, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A discography that is a featured list will already mention the b-sides, bootlegs etc. See the above discographies mentioned. Thing like b-sides make up a small amount of these pages. Spellcast 11:34, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, okay I change my vote to deleteCosprings 15:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 11:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 11:37, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and make a sortable table like List of songs by Pink Floyd. Failing that merge with discographies. Kappa 12:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — All lists of songs shhould be deleted, including the aforementioned List of songs by Pink Floyd and List of Beatles songs. For the people suggesting a discography, a discography is a listing of albums by or singles including an artist, not a list of every song they have collaborated on. Regardless, these lists are unnecessary, as every notable song would have its own article, and that article should be categorized appropriately, thus removing the need for this article (as viewing the category would produce the same list). ♠ SG →Talk 03:22, 9 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - A category would do fine. See also my response to Starblind above. Dihydrogen Monoxide 06:22, 9 September 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.