Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Can't Hang
- 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 all (effectively no consensus default to Keep) except merge the two mentioned in this close. I'm not sure what's happening here. ALL of these songs (bar Do You Want To, which was a double A-side with Can't Hang and should therefore share an article - which I've done), were top 50 Billboard hits. Indeed, five of them were Top 10 hits - WP:MUSIC#SONGS is quite clear here that such songs are notable. Thus I had to interpret one editor's Delete !vote as an actual Keep, as he said that the charting songs should stay. The three which achieved lower charting positions may be of dubious independent notability, but that's an editorial decision to redirect to the parent album. Black Kite 00:29, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
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Recommending deletion or merging per WP:NSONG. These articles could conceivably be merged into Xscape (band), Xscape discography, articles about the album in which each single appears, or even a new article like Xscape singles. Looking for a ruling on notability of these individual songs, and whether they each deserve their own individual article. For most of these, the only GHits are lyrics pages. SnottyWong talk 13:42, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
List of articles nominated:
- Can't Hang -> Can't Hang / Do You Want To
- Love on My Mind -> Keep (#46 Billboard)
- Feels So Good (Xscape song) -> Keep (#34 Billboard)
- Do You Want To (Xscape song) -> Redirect to Can't Hang / Do You Want To
- Understanding (song) -> Keep (#8 Billboard)
- Just Kickin' It -> Keep (#2 Billboard)
- Who Can I Run To -> Keep (#8 Billboard)
- The Arms of the One Who Loves You -> Keep (#7 Billboard)
- My Little Secret -> Keep (#9 Billboard)
- Delete - There's not enough here to warrant a separate article. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 17:54, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 22:34, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
- Comment - I went ahead and expanded "Just Kickin' It". Gongshow Talk 21:40, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
- I added to "Understanding (song)" as well. Gongshow Talk 08:50, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 01:05, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
- Delete all except JKI and Understanding as those songs did chart. Nate • (chatter) 04:19, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. —J04n(talk page) 13:39, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
- Keep or nominate separately. The Arms of the One Who Loves You was a charted hit and is most definitely notable in its own right. Pichpich (talk) 18:48, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
- 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.