Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Official songs of memphis

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. - Mailer Diablo 07:02, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Official songs of memphis

List is composed entirely of nn songs by the favorite subject of recently indef blocked user Reneec. (See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Saks.) For discussion on whether or not the songs are official songs of Memphis, see extensive discussion on the subject at Talk:Memphis, Tennessee (if you have a few hours to spare): here, here, and here. (The third is the most useful, IMO.) This looks to me like a third attempt to get Mr. Saks onto wikipedia, as consensus is against including the song in Memphis, Tennessee and his own article was deleted per the aforementioned AFD. -- Vary | Talk 15:26, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as proposed. Gazpacho 16:55, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for the same reason. Obviously, the subject matter does not satisfy notability standards and (as found in the lengthy discussions) is misleading. - Dozenist talk 21:08, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
• This information has nothing to do with Mr. Saks other than he is the composer of these songs. Anyone that has an opinion differing than the malicious ones on the "Talk Memphis" page is accused of sockpuppetry. According to the rules of Wiki, "Anyone can edit." It does not state that anyone can edit as long as it meets the criteria agreed upon by Vary and her cronies. Since February I have pointed out that this was never about Mr. Saks but about a heading for Official Songs of Memphis. As a former Memphian, this is both notable and of interest. The information has been verfied. This is why I contacted the Memphis City Council in February 2006, to verify how many official songs of Memphis there were. Sadly this has turned into a personal and childish attack against Mr. Saks by you, Vary, and your peers. It appears that Mr. Saks is the only name on the page that is not an Anon. I'd like to see you list as much about yourselves as we know about Mr. Saks. The malicious comments on the page are not "harmonious editing" (Saxifrage's adjectives to describe himself). As an Anon since February 2006, it was I who pointed out the following: 1. The name of the contact to the Memphis City Council to confirm Official Songs of Memphis 2. Voodoo Fest was not an annual event 3. Clarence Saunders is important to the history of the City of Memphis and should be listed on a Memphis page. Each time I tried to point out constructive crticism to you and your peers, you did not want to listen and continued to besmirch Mr. Saks's name. It was never about Mr. Saks but about Official Songs of Memphis. I can also attest the following should not be in the Memphis article: "William Faulkner wrote most of his literary works in Oxford, Mississippi." "Alex Haley, author of Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots was from Henning, Tn." While interesting, this information has nothing to do with Memphis. The information pertaining to Official Songs of Memphis is of interest, verifiable and should not be deleted.--Boodro 01:38, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete This article was an attempt to provide verifiability for the inclusion of false and self-promoting information into the Memphis, Tennesseearticle.--Scribner 22:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Do not delete! Two official songs of Memphis have been verified. Any other verifiable ones are of interest as well, Scribner. If you don't like the title "official", perhaps the title can be changed to Songs of Memphis, Tn.--Boodro 00:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

The main reason this information is important is as stated under "Arts" on the 'Memphis" page,

Memphis is "home of founders and establishers of various American music genres". Because of the importance of the music industry to Memphis, Offical Songs of Memphis is of interest, verifable and notable and should not be deleted. --Boodro 01:05, 24 August 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.