Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/My Name Is Not Merv Griffin

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 keep. MBisanz ^talk 01:06, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My Name Is Not Merv Griffin[edit]

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Appears to be non-notable; I could not find significant coverage in reliable, independent sources. Would speedy under A9 but appears to have been covered by an artist or two that do have an article. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 03:25, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This article has been flagged for notability concerns since August 2011, and nothing has been done to cure the problem. Based on my searches this song has never received more than a passing, one-sentence mention in a couple of articles and has never been ranked on any significant charts. Fails WP:NSONG. OfficeGirl (talk) 17:03, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Also, there doesn't seem to be any article where this song would even be mentioned, so there is no place to redirect this.OfficeGirl (talk) 17:40, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This could have been speedied under db-a9 (no notability claimed for song and no article for artist). --Richhoncho (talk) 17:27, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 19:30, 1 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Per WP:IAR: Any rule that prevents us from improving the project should be ignored. This song was apparently played on regularly on a nationally syndicated radio show, the Dr. Demento show. Apart from that, the song appears to have received coverage from Stereo Review magazine, Fanfare and the The Sacramento Bee. In addition, due to the time frame in which the song was released (1982), there may be additional print sources which are not available online. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 02:56, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Newyorkbrad really likes it! (I think that's as good of a rationale as the "Hotties are always notable!" one which has been used successfully in other AfDs). Volunteer Marek 04:50, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- You're kidding...? It was with much effort that I restrained from saying "Surely you can't be serious". Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 07:29, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - Please don't call good-faith editors "Shirley." Newyorkbrad (talk) 15:03, 3 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I added another reference from the newspaper Sacramento Bee. Binksternet (talk) 20:19, 6 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Cover versions by at least three other artists gives the song a notability that goes beyond any notability of the original artist or the original album. That is, it meets notability under GNG outside of WP:MUSIC. Even under WP:MUSIC there might be an arguable case—doesn't "repeated airplay on the Dr. Demento Show" amount to placed in rotation nationally? And WP:SONG says songs "that have been independently released as a recording by several notable artists, bands or groups are probably notable." Since all three of the cover artists have articles we can presume them notable. Spinning Spark 00:40, 8 November 2012 (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.