Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/My Everything (Owl City song)
- 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. It seems unlikely at this point that a consensus would emerge that the article be removed. A merge discussion, should one be desired, can be started on Talk:Mobile Orchestra. (non-admin closure) Alpha3031 (t • c) 12:44, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
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Does not seem to meet WP:Music - the articles cited are either not reliable sources, are focused on the overall album, not the individual song, or do not constitute in-depth coverage. Even though it is a single, it seems like this should simply be merged into/redirect to the album page. Nerd1a4i (they/them) (talk) 18:40, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hello, I hope you don't mind if I ask but which sources do you consider no reliable? Shout4Serenity (talk) 19:17, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- Well in order: the first source is not in-depth coverage; the second is mostly an interview (primary source) and not focused on the song but instead the singer; the third source is a random YouTube video that does not seem to be something one would count as a reliable source; the fourth is again an interview with the same problems as the second source; the fifth is just referencing musicstax which does not show notability; the sixth is again for sheet music/technical question/does not show notability; the seventh is not in-depth coverage/is just a boilerplate notice of the video being released (similar problems to the first source); the eighth has similar problems to the fifth/sixth; the ninth is the only source that seems reliable and has actual in-depth coverage...but it's focused on the album not the song itself (the song gets half a line of mention). So none of the sources show the notability of the song as required in WP:Music. Nerd1a4i (they/them) (talk) 01:07, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- Ok. Thank you. Shout4Serenity (talk) 19:03, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- Well in order: the first source is not in-depth coverage; the second is mostly an interview (primary source) and not focused on the song but instead the singer; the third source is a random YouTube video that does not seem to be something one would count as a reliable source; the fourth is again an interview with the same problems as the second source; the fifth is just referencing musicstax which does not show notability; the sixth is again for sheet music/technical question/does not show notability; the seventh is not in-depth coverage/is just a boilerplate notice of the video being released (similar problems to the first source); the eighth has similar problems to the fifth/sixth; the ninth is the only source that seems reliable and has actual in-depth coverage...but it's focused on the album not the song itself (the song gets half a line of mention). So none of the sources show the notability of the song as required in WP:Music. Nerd1a4i (they/them) (talk) 01:07, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:33, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 09:07, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- Merge with and redirect to Mobile Orchestra. The content of this article is adequately sourced and I would hate to see it deleted, but unfortunately the topic does not meet our notability standards. However, WP:NSONG also says that "Songs that do not rise to notability for an independent article should redirect to another relevant article, such as ... a prominent album". Matt's talk 09:17, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- Redirect to Mobile Orchestra/Move to draftspace. Redirect to Mobile Orchestra per WP:NSONG, but I would also say move it back to a draftspace so improvements can be made. Shout4Serenity (talk) 19:06, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- Keep Stereogum, Houstoon Chronicle, Star Tribune all appear to show a more than trivial interest in this particular track. Jclemens (talk) 21:53, 29 May 2023 (UTC)
- I would vote to keep it. I just ran across it today when looking for information on the song. It was very useful. 2601:2C0:4700:9400:7DBA:33C0:B52A:22CC (talk) 00:02, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
- Weak keep per Jclemens. SIGCOV seems to be fulfilled but I'm uncertain if it's really worth breaking this song out separately from the album. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:10, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris talk! 04:49, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Keep per Jclemens. WP:SIGCOV is met by the sources they found, and I don't think there's any issue with having this separate from the album article. JML1148 (talk | contribs) 07:11, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
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