Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/When I'm with You

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 of the debate was keep as #1 hit well above any 'notability' threshold. - ulayiti (talk) 17:25, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] When I'm with You

There's already an article for the band, the song was not notable Jim62sch 04:32, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Anyone know if it's notable enough to be worth a redirect? Adrian Lamo ·· 05:50, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Yes, it is -- the single was a #1 hit in the USA six years after its original release. Redirect to Sheriff (band) since most of the content of that article already appears there anyway. --Metropolitan90 09:00, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Ardenn 06:10, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect per User:Metropolitan90. Adrian Lamo ·· 09:46, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Number 1 hit in two countries makes it notable enough for mine. Capitalistroadster 10:25, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, #1 hit in two countries. Kappa 14:20, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep, if only for the fact that there's no album page (Sheriff (album)) for it to be merged into. Extraordinary Machine 16:51, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep hit song. There's also a hit single by Sparks with the same title, which could probably be added to this. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:49, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• comment: here again is another reason why we need wikimusic. --CyclePat 20:53, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep if sourced as #1 hit. -- Jonel | Speak 01:29, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
• Note that Wikipedia precedent has already clearly established that songs are, in many cases, notable enough to have their own articles separate from the band that recorded them. Just as a fr'instance, we have articles on My Humps, Around the World, Who I Am Hates Who I've Been, Mr. Brightside, Me Against the Music, El Caminos in the West, The Ketchup Song, Sing for the Moment, Because I Got High, Young Guns (Go For It), Bonzo Goes to Bitburg, Orinoco Flow, Do the Bartman, Rocky Mountain High, Are 'Friends' Electric?, Tangled Up in Blue, Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup, Blood on the Dance Floor, Harlem Shuffle, and that's just picking a few random selections from the dozens of songs filed in subcategories of Category:Songs by year. I'm really not too clear on how "When I'm With You" can possibly be considered some special case of non-notability under the current consensus on song articles. It's either keep, or try to build a clear consensus against song articles in general (and, well, good luck trying). Bearcat 03:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:AFDP. Songs are not notable. Mention on the album page and/or redirect. Stifle 21:18, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
• Clear keep, per keep votes above. 70.52.167.191 02:25, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep song articles, especially chart toppers, are fine by me. --Alf ^melmac 11:47, 25 February 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.