Talk:A-Punk

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This article should be kept and not redirected because it is a current single. --Thebluesharpdude (talk) 21:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Not because it is a current single—because it is a charting single. Precious Roy (talk) 02:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I was under the impression that single songs don't merit articles unless it's a song that has been covered by more than one artist. Honestly, this information here in the article should be merged into the Vampire Weekend (album) article. I don't see it as necessary for it to have a separate article, especially when the album still needs considerable work. The-Bus (talk) 04:05, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

• Another one of the criteria for song articles (at WP:MUSIC#Albums and songs) is "[has] been ranked on national or significant music charts"; this single debuted this week on 2 national music charts. Precious Roy (talk) 10:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Yup, the UK chart has it peaked at #61 and the Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart (which is the official music chart for Alternative/Modern Rock for the US) it hit #40. That gives it notability. The-bus' claim that "single songs don't merit articles unless it's a song that has been covered by more than one artist" Is totally unfounded and totally untrue and hasn't been the case since at least I joined Wikipedia back in 2005. Doc Strange (talk) 16:23, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

That's an example of notability. To be honest, I couldn't find where I had read that. I'm glad the song charted, but the album page still needs a lot more work. That's all I was saying. The-Bus (talk) 19:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

The album's page does almost certainly needs work (importantly a "reception" section about how the album was so well recieved [I think it only has three negative reviews on Metacritic, which is pretty good]) Doc Strange (talk) 22:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)