Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beyond Tomorrow

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The result of the debate was keep. Sjakkalle (Check!) 11:09, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Beyond Tomorrow

Someone is on a misguided quest to write a substub on every song Perry Como ever recorded. This is one of the worst, as it has no information not in Como's article (the only legit link to it). While I have my own personal criteria for songs, I don't necessarily expect everyone to follow it. I do, however, strongly believe that if wikipedia is going to have an article on the each of the several million songs ever written, they should have substance, not a short list of two or three facts. Maybe all the song substubs that give only performer and author (and there are many) could be merged into a table that lists such information. -R. fiend 16:56, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete I like your criteria. Can we refine it and make it an official guideline? --Xcali 18:16, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, notable song, and allow for organic growth. Kappa 18:16, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep almost all released songs. This one was apparently a major feature of a Grammy-nominated album. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 18:38, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete: The song shows no significance other than its single appearance. It did not define a generation, speak for an under-represented segment of society, chart well, influence other songs, or establish a pattern by which others would be crafted. An article on it is far, far, far too granular. Geogre 19:04, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. The Grammy nominations make it notable enough for mine.Capitalistroadster 00:14, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: What's actually worse than this article and some like it is this template kicking around that writes bad articles for you, so you don't have to (because, you know, Wikipedia can never have enough bad articles). All you have to do is plug in the song, the writer, and the year and it lists those facts for you in awkward prose. The worst part is in order to improve the article you have to delete the template and start from scratch. I mean, really, if you can't be bothered to put an iota of effort into an article just leave it. -R. fiend 01:32, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete non notable song. JamesBurns 06:58, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, obviously. Allow for eargasmic growth. —RaD Man (talk) 08:59, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Grammy nominated songs. --Unfocused 16:02, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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