Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EBay (song)

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 merge and redirect to the album. None of the many keep votes were able to provide any sort of reliable sources to justify the song having its own article, despite not having been released as a single. This article is very limited in content as it is anyway. Grandmasterka 01:10, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] EBay (song)

Originally {{prod}}ded [1] citing "not a single, not notable outside album", subsequently removed with edit summary: "deprod" [2]. Full disclosure, I originally {{prod}}ded the article.

Article continues to provide no claims of notability, nor does it provide WP:RS. — pd_THOR ^{| =/\= | 00:26, 15 September 2006 (UTC)}

• Keep. A great song and this page is useful
• Keep. This song is very popular within Yankovic fans, and I've seen many fan videos for it on StupidVideos and YouTube. It is also from one of Yankovic's most popular albums. --Case Of The Punks 00:54, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as a notable Yankovic song. SliceNYC 01:12, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as notable song by notable singer. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 01:33, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - I'm a Weird Al fan and find the song amusing (not his best, but that's a debate for another day), but I'm not convinced that it's notable in and of itself. For a song which wasn't released as a single to be notable, it really needs to be significant, and much as I'd love to I just don't see that here. BigHaz - Schreit mich an (Review me) 01:41, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Question: I'm not paticularly ogreish, in fact I'm a big fan of Weird Al's, but I want to ask: what about the song is notable? The article doesn't offer any WP:RS to purport notability, nor am I aware of where it's any more notable than the other non-single songs on Poodle Hat. If the song has more notability than I'm familiar with, where is it? — pd_THOR ^{| =/\= | 02:13, 15 September 2006 (UTC)}
• Delete as per nom, BigHaz & pd_Thor Bwithh 03:12, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep or merge, let's not betray Weird Al fans who need an explanation of this song. Kappa 06:09, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - one of my favorite songs, captures the essence of eBay --ArmadilloFromHell 06:30, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or Re-direct. Every album track will be a favorite of someone, somewhere. Unless there is reliable claims of wider notability, it should be deleted or, perhaps, if genuinely popular, redirect to the album. Rockpocket 07:02, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect. There's not enough info for its own article there, but the fact people are making fan videos show it's popular enough not to delete entirely. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:40, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Comment can anyone find third party coverage? Otherwise, merge is probly best. WilyD 13:12, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - as in nomination. Springnuts 14:05, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Poodle Hat. The single isn't notable in and of itself. A Train ^{take the} 14:24, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep or Merge - seems notable to me. - CNichols 15:03, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
  • How so? — pd_THOR ^{| =/\= | 16:33, 15 September 2006 (UTC)}
• Delete - Non-singles don't need articles outside of the album they are featured on (even then, singles don't necessarily need their own articles). No useful content to merge, though a section in the album article about the song would be fine of course. Wickethewok 17:46, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Merge into List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic. The only info in the body of the article is trivia that doesn't need it own article. Deli nk 19:13, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and Redirect to the album. A great song, and we'll have loads of readers looking for it, but it still doesn't deserve its own article. (Also, it shouldn't have come to AfD in the first place, someone could have been bold instead.) KissL (don't forget to vote!) 07:32, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - There isn't enough information listed to warrant a merge. (The list of things bid upon is not worth mentioning in Wikipeida.) -Freekee 03:48, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per others. Arbusto 06:07, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - could be classified as an internet meme (and frequent copyvio), doing rounds at blogs etc. Not released as a single, but the track most often referred to. Ace of Risk 15:45, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
  • As the article has none, do you have WP:RS for this? An infinite number of quizzes, themes, and short-termed memes "do the rounds" on blogs, but they don't make it as articles either. — pd_THOR ^{| =/\= | 16:00, 17 September 2006 (UTC)}
  • Delete and redirect to the article on the album. Not notable enough to have its own article. Some of Yankovic's earlier songs would be first on my list of songs needing their own pages far before this his-career-has-gone-way-too-deep-into-the-shitter drivel.—ExplorerCDT 21:52, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Weird Al songs. They all can have plenty said about them. --badlydrawnjeff talk 15:59, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Comment - with respect, that can be said of any song by any notable performer. BigHaz - Schreit mich an (Review me) 21:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

i actually disagree with this. "Weird Al" songs fall into three categories - songs that are direct parodies, songs that are indirect style parodies, and his polkas. In each case, a lot can be said about all three. I'm a huge R.E.M. fan, but i know full well a lot can't be said about every track on, say, Reveal. --badlydrawnjeff talk 23:36, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm not convinced. The way I see it, any song is notable and significant to a fan of the performer. The example I tend to use here is that my father would be able to cite chapter and verse of why such-and-such a Rolling Stones B-Side is of massive significance to the band's evolution, but in the general public's eyes that simply isn't the case. Where Al is concerned, I'll grant that his singles are automatically notable, but there really needs to be something significant about his album tracks to warrant them having their own articles. Despite what some contributors have said here, I just don't quite see that it reaches that level. Amusing song, though, no doubt about it. BigHaz - Schreit mich an (Review me) 23:41, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, this is a notable track by Weird Al Yankovic. Merges should be suggested on the talk page of an article, not here. Yamaguchi先生 22:58, 18 September 2006 (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.