Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of songs about war

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The result was delete. Sr 13 08:10, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of songs about war[edit]

There is a big difference between a list of war songs and this. Description: "This article consists of songs that are about war, its effects, and its people." Alone, that tells you it's not really a song about war. Included in this nomination is: List of songs about nuclear war Bulldog123 16:53, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete as pure WP:TRIVIA, WP:OR, etc. Totally loose association, hard to reference, etc. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps)))} 17:13, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This is what categories are for and these types of list are always deleted based on WP:NOT#INFO.--Svetovid 20:15, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. My goodness, this list has got everything from the Battle Hymn Of The Republic to Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, as well as seven songs all titled War (and one titled War?). It also has nothing which distinguishes any of these songs from one another, making it impossible to tell what any of them have to do with war. Some portions of this list could possibly be worked into interesting articles on songs about specific wars (e.g. songs about the Vietnam war), but a list of every song referencing war in any way, shape, or form is rather indiscriminate. Zetawoof_(ζ) 20:51, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I would have liked to write, "What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!"... however, I read the list, and it's a keeper if the wheat can be separated from the chaff. Songs about war are comparatively rare nowadays, and were part of pop culture during Vietnam as protest songs (and later as "returning vet songs"). However, like all lists, this one needs to be trimmed of the cruft. The author missed out on Over There. Mandsford 00:03, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- You know, you can always start list of war songs. Nobody is going to nominate that, as long as it doesn't go off-topic. Bulldog123 13:17, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - too indiscriminate, this is anything from Vietnam to the Trojan War. No real association between the songs, just any vague war/army theme. Crazysuit 04:18, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete suffers from the same failure of all the "songs about", how "about" the subject does the song have to be and in whose opinion is the song "about" such subject? Carlossuarez46 17:14, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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