Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Take Me Away (Avril Lavigne song)

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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 Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne album). A selective merger can be performed by accessing the history of the newly redirected article. (non-admin closure) SSTflyer 03:01, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Take Me Away (Avril Lavigne song)[edit]

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Non-notable song. Chase (talk | contributions) 20:15, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. /wiae /tlk 00:57, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Make it a page. - The song has enough coverage and length to make it a page (official digital release and radio airplay). It doesn't fail WP:NSONG: has been independently released as a recording by several notable artists, bands, or groups. —U990467 11:59, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. I was pointed here by U990467, but looking at the page, it was released in its own right and commented on in reviews, so it seems notable enough. Just a comment—compared to some articles for singles out there, it's quite sufficient. Ss112 10:08, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect to album. It will have received coverage due to being on an album; independent release means nothing unless it charted. Where is the evidence of notable cover versions?TheLongTone (talk) 13:42, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
"Independent release means nothing unless it charted" is not a valid reason, according to WP:NSONG. There are also some articles of uncharted songs have been nominated as good-articles, including No Better and Overdose (Ciara song). —U990467 23:18, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect/merge to album's article; some of the reviews can probably be incorporated there. I don't see evidence that it meets WP:NSONG; there's no notable covers mentioned on the page, nor do I see where the song won a Juno or other major award. So, a stand-alone article is unjustified. —C.Fred (talk) 15:54, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The "Background and release" section has mentioned Lavigne's another song which is also titled "Take Me Away." There is no other page that has information about that song. I think that it's necessary to keep this page. Also, the song has been released as a digital single and can be seen on iTunes Store and HMV. "Has been independently released as a recording by several notable artists, bands, or groups." WP:NSONG said that.U990467 16:18, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge selectively to Under My Skin (Avril Lavigne album). I understand the argument for keeping but I'm not sure there's enough encyclopedic content (beyond what is already in the album article) for a standalone article. Digital 'singles' like this amount to no more really than album tracks that get pushed a little by record companies. It doesn't appear to have actually been released as a single, just as a track on other releases. Note: I was asked to comment here by User:U990467, but that hasn't influenced my opinion in any way. --Michig (talk) 19:21, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Close comment - I'd reverted the "Keep and Merge" close by U990467 as they've already !voted here and "Keep and Merge" isn't a valid outcome .... Either it's kept .... or it's merged, That aside you obviously can't !vote and then close. –Davey2010Talk 14:57, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • comment. Reminded of this by U990467, and I still do think it should be kept. There's information that would be lost in a merge back to the album page, as others may not see it as being particularly pertinent to the album as a whole. Others are obviously seeing not enough coverage. Sure, there isn't a lot but it is covered at least a little. I'm not sure about consensus here enough to close it yet, so that's not up to me. As Michig said for themselves above, my opinion hasn't been swayed by being pointed here, because I tend towards keeping song/album articles if there's some evidence of coverage beyond one site, e.g. listing of a download on iTunes. Ss112 15:49, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Except it's all in the history still so technically nothing's lost .....–Davey2010Talk 23:12, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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