Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/White and Nerdy

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. - Mailer Diablo 16:42, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] White and Nerdy

It was initially believed that this was going to be released as the first single off of "Weird Al" Yankovic's next album, Straight Outta Lynwood, but it was not. It is not known if it will in fact be released as a single, so I think the article should be deleted. If it turns out it is a single later, the page can be recreated Joltman 13:10, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - as a general rule we shouldn't have articles on events that haven't happened yet, anyway. BTLizard 13:21, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• Strongly keep - Yankovic has filmed a full-length music video for it and Chamillionaire (the artist being parodied) has confirmed it will be a single. Besides, there are many songs that are not singles that have articles on Wikipedia. --Elvis 14:53, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, confirmed single. Failing that merge as appropriate. Kappa 20:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per above. --Gray Porpoise 21:03, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep The song is not the first single, but Chamillionaire has confirmed that it is the lead single. This is of course largely a matter of semantics, because Volcano Records doesn't release singles. Anyway, the song is certainly the lead song from the album, and apparantly is available at Chamillionaire's MySpace. Also, it has been confirmed that there will be a music video, which I find a much more appropriate measure of this song's notability. Maxamegalon2000 01:41, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep --Brand Eks 03:51, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep all songs by Al Yankovic. —freak(talk) 05:55, Sep. 6, 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information.–♥ «Charles A. L.» 16:12, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, seems to have enough outside confirmation that it'll be released as a single in the future. GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 02:05, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, crystal ball gazing, indiscriminate.-Kmaguir1 08:19, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per freakofnurture. There are few, if any, Weird Al songs that don't warrant articles. --badlydrawnjeff talk 11:03, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per freakofnurture and Maxamegalon2000. Michael Greiner 19:57, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep Even if it's not an official single (and all signs seem to indicate that it is), it's still a popular artist's parody of another popular artist's hit single. It is already generating a significant amount of buzz from fans of both Weird Al and Chamillionaire, as well as popular music devotees in general. Mikibacsi1124 01:24, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Why delete something that will be created again in the near future when it is released? Luckyherb 12:22, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I see no problems with the article. --Falcorian ^(talk) 15:17, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep This has been creating quite a bit of buzz, as has been stated, and has had a very positive reception amongst fans (of both Yankovic and Chamillionaire). It is not crystal-ball-gazing, as the song already exists, and has been streaming on Chamillionaire's MySpace page. It appears to be a significant Yankovic single, and as many other of his singles have their own articles, I don't see why this one should not, either (it has more information than some of those other ones, as well). --Twilightsojourn 07:34, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep --Karafias 03:03, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep, it's already available for listening on chamillionaire's myspace and references wikipedia. I would find it funny, however, if a song about wikipedia lost in a VfD. --TIB (talk)

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.