Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Idiot EP

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 into American Idiot (song). KrakatoaKatie 08:52, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] American Idiot EP

Was on speedy. I think it should go to AfD Alex Bakharev 05:23, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

The speedy deletion nominator (User:68.114.92.56)'s comment was "This is not an EP, it is a single, I have tried to find information about this as an EP, but everyting links back to this page, I have asked people to show evidence that this is listed somewhere as an EP and no one can." No vote from me. -Elmer Clark 05:27, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, but Rename I looked into it; the argument that the thing isn't an EP has merit; amazon.com calls it the American Idiot single, but the track name and the rest of the info is correct. Simply rename to American Idiot, Single and take the bit in the (stub) article about it being an EP out and its truthful. --The Way 07:08, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Rename The official Green Day webpage [1] which lists all EP's, does not list an EP titled American Idiot, and thus could be a violation of WP:LIVING, which while not a speedy criteria, strongly suggests speedy action. --RoninBK_ETC 07:26, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't think listing a single as an EP is a case to invoke WP:LIVING, which is more about potentially negative, libelous, or privacy-breaching material (or that's at least my understanding). Aprt from that remark: if no reliable source lists it as an EP, then the article should be renamed. Fram 07:52, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

• The official website is incomplete; it doesn't list any singles or EPs after 2001. Checking amazon, this is the release in question, I think. It appears to just be another version of the single, and so should be merged to the song article. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 11:13, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Merge — as per above. JoeSmack ^Talk(p-review!) 21:26, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

• Merge It is not listed as an EP on any site besides here.. It's simply a two-part single, like some of Linkin Park's songs. Hello2112 23:26, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

• Merge into American Idiot (song), and get rid of any mention of it being an EP. -Hoponpop69
• Keep to preserve the proper chronology. Typical action is that bands get albums, and many highly notable ones get their singles and EPs, too. --badlydrawnjeff talk 11:04, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

What proper chronology? There is no EP with that title, only a single. No one claims that singles don't deseerve their own articles, and certainly for very well known bands like Green Day. But a minimum requirement for an EP to be listed is that it exists, as discussed by almost everyone in this AfD until now. Fram 11:21, 24 October 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.