Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of controversial music videos

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The result was delete. Sr 13 00:37, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of controversial music videos[edit]

Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. This article is unencyclopedic and wide open to POV because the central criteria for inclusion on this list, that a video be "controversial" is not even remotely verifiable. For something to be controversial it would have to be controversial to someone, and (in the case of notability on the Wikipedia) it would have to be controversial to someone notable by wikipedia standards. As such it might be acceptable to have a List of music videos that have been banned by a major broadcaster (provided that each one could be verified as having so been) but this list is just to vague to be encyclopedic - and also it could never be completed. To give some examples, the Air song may have a controversial video by American or British standards but it isn't even remotely controversial in its native France where it has had extensive airplay. Alternatively Loosing My Religion may be a controversial song to some but I cannot for the life of me see anything controversial about its video. And yes, that is just my opinion, but presumably the song is listed here because of the opinion of someone no more notable than I. I could go one, but I think the point has been made. Delete. A1octopus 23:48, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Sometimes, I look at this list, and I sometimes have a look at some of the videos listed. If I haven't seen them before, that is. - Ndrly 00:54, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the nominator's argument - too indiscriminate to be a valid list. Inclusion criterion is too subjective to be useful, or too broad. --Haemo 01:56, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Subjective list, so mostly original research. Masaruemoto 04:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As per nom. List should be replaced with a banned music video list. Alucard 16 06:11, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
~~Rename~~ Why not call this a list of music videos with explicit content, and group them by content or something.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ndrly (talk • contribs) 07:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC).[reply]
One vote per editor, please. Closenplay 11:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - completely subjective list, no possible objective standard exists. Otto4711 12:55, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Too many POV judgement calls, too broad a list. As nom suggests, better to create a sourced list dealing with specific issues such as listing videos banned by MTV. 23skidoo 13:47, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep We have other lists why not this one? TruthCrusader 16:52, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It's necessary to have standards for inclusion. The same rationale could be said of any article nominated for deletion; "We have other articles why not this one?" Why? Because it doesn't satisfy our policies and guidelines. Leebo ^T/C 18:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Almost entirely unsourced. What's the definition of controversy for this list? Some of the videos only indicate that the video was deemed inappropriate for children -- such a status is quite common among music videos but does not denote controversy. The list is too broad and requires editors to make point-of-view determinations when adding content. It needs to be much more narrow to be an effective list. Leebo ^T/C 18:08, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unencyclopedic but interesting. Give me a chance to save the list before deleting it, you know, for future references, that's all :) --Witchinghour 20:11, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions. -- Pax:Vobiscum 22:36, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom; "controversial" is in the eye of the beholder – and the be-hearer? ;-) Carlossuarez46 18:18, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Perhaps if each entry had a solid news article about the controversy that it stirred, the list would be worth keeping. As it is, it includes the "potentially controversial" (Boards of Canada) along with those that actually were ("Justify My Love"). Closenplay 18:47, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep~~ - It would be interesting to see all music videos that have been censored for daytime play or restricted to late night broadcast in a group. - Ndrly 11:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
One vote per editor, please. Closenplay 11:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Seems like an easy one. Not verifiable.--Fresh 21:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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