Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/This Is the Life ("Weird Al" Yankovic 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 delete and redirect to Dare to Be Stupid. Mr.Z-man 16:01, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This Is the Life ("Weird Al" Yankovic song)[edit]

This Is the Life ("Weird Al" Yankovic song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)
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I boldly redirected this a few years ago as it didn't seem to meet WP:NSONGS. But recently, a few IP addresses have seen fit to undo the redirect. As far as I can tell, this song was never a charted single, nor was anything specific ever written about it; by all aspects of WP:NSONGS it seems to fail. Suggest deletion or locked redirection to the album. Ten Pound Hammer(What did I screw up now?) 18:01, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete or Page protect - Per nom; doesn't appear to meet WP:NSONGS. Unable to immediately find significant coverage. NickCT (talk) 18:12, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect then indef protect - Non notable song - Fails Nsong, (As for indef protection I personally think it's the best option but not sure so will leave with deciding admin if this option is preferred). –Davey2010(talk) 01:20, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:58, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:58, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Deadbeef 20:03, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Specific things have been written about it. And being the theme tune for a movie seems adequate impact for it to be a separate page. Andrew D. (talk) 23:19, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. I agree with Andrew Davidson; I think the strict interpretation of WP:NSONG behind the nomination is too strict here, and doesn't facilitate the organization of legitimate encyclopedic content about songs. --Arxiloxos (talk) 23:49, 16 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. It clearly fails WP:NSONG. The argument that "Specific things have been written about it" is only valid if there is enough coverage to meet WP:GNG. I don't see that coverage. T.C.Haliburtontalk nerdy to me 01:11, 17 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Nothing there to make this song notable, not even the "references" --Richhoncho (talk) 19:47, 22 December 2014 (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.