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From Ashes (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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No references, seems to fail notability easily Shredlordsupreme (talk) 06:14, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also a short review by Exclaim!: [3]. --Mika1h (talk) 08:27, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Programmed to Consume (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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One reference, seems to fail notability as barely any other acceptable sources seem to exist Shredlordsupreme (talk) 06:16, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kane Roberts (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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No serious indication of notability in my WP:BEFORE search or the sources. Should probably redirect back to the artist given it is a self-titled album. David Palmer//cloventt (talk) 00:50, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A Young Person's Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Does not meet the WP guidelines for album notability Tiakat333 (talk) 16:55, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep - Seems obviously notable, at least four reviews from reliable sources per WP:RSMUSIC: Allmusic, Beats Per Minute, Consequence of Sound, Pitchfork Media. --Mika1h (talk) 18:36, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Speedy keep, nomination seems untrue/meritless. Geschichte (talk) 19:30, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Speedy Keep, is has all the reliale sources and this person is borderline harassing me across Wikipedia at the moment and anything related to the artist page. Henchren (talk) 02:01, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The article has been updated since I posted this but the source issues remain - single sources are counted multiple times (see numbers one and seven), at least two sources have no links or ways to access the content, and multiple sources are dead links (such as the NYT citation). Additionally, the critical reception section of the article is almost entirely long excepts of the positive statements in reviews. The whole article screams bias, though if someone wants to clean it up they should go ahead and do so. As it stands now it doesn’t seem to meet Wikipedia’s standards. Tiakat333 (talk) 04:03, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah. Just go ahead and do so. Henchren (talk) 04:18, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, I was going off the sources, two of which are permanently dead links and at least two others are personal blogs. Tiakat333 (talk) 21:28, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ways of Meaning (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Does not meet the WP notability criteria for albums. Tiakat333 (talk) 17:15, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep - Seems obviously notable, at least four reviews from reliable sources per WP:RSMUSIC: Allmusic, Beats Per Minute, Consequence of Sound, Pitchfork Media. --Mika1h (talk) 18:36, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The first, fourth, ninth, and and eleventh sources all do not exist. The second and tenth sources are the same. If someone wants to clean up the article they can be my guest, but as things stand it seems that, considering those facts and the fact that the “Critical Reception” section is almost entirely long excerpts of exclusively positive sections of reviews I’m not seeing any justification for keeping this article as it stands. Tiakat333 (talk) 03:58, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A Future for the Michel (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NALBUM. Didn't find any significant coverage. No obvious WP:ATD-R target since it's a collaboration between two artists. Mika1h (talk) 18:08, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Change (Lana Del Rey song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NSONG. No notability outside of album reviews. The article is also poorly sourced, mostly relying on Facebook and Instagram links. Sricsi (talk) 13:19, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I Will Be My Own Hell Because There Is a Devil Inside My Body (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NALBUMS and also doesn't meet WP:GNG. Cited sources are unreliable. Binksternet (talk) 19:02, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Where the Dream Takes You (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Entirely non-notable song. This may be a good article; it is nevertheless fancruft. Only question for me is where it shoule be redirected; I now think the film a better choice than the list of the srtiste's recordings. TheLongTone (talk) 14:49, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I understand the concern. Obviously in the seven years since the article was first created, it can be improved/updated. That said, I don’t agree that this is “entirely non-notable” or mere “fancruft.”
Per WP:GNG and WP:NSONG, there is significant coverage in reliable, independent sources specifically about the song:
  • Billboard covered and critiqued the track upon release, discussing its radio prospects and the international Spanish-language version.
  • Soundtrack.net published a review that addresses “Where the Dream Takes You” directly within the album review, as did AllMusic
  • Filmtracks likewise discusses the song’s placement and function in the soundtrack.
  • It was nominated for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film at the 2001 World Soundtrack Awards, a major industry distinction that goes well beyond routine coverage.
These are not trivial database entries but substantial third-party discussions. That demonstrates the subject meets notability standards for a standalone song article.
I agree the article should be improved and properly referenced with these sources, and I’m happy to work on that. But the sourcing shows that the song is not “entirely non-notable,” and therefore merits its own article rather than being redirected. Changedforbetter (talk) 03:53, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Arroja la bomba (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Following on from my recent expansion of the article about the song A Las Barricadas, I was hoping I'd be able to find more on this one, but I've come up dry. There's almost nothing about the song in English language sources, and very little in the Spanish and Catalan language sources that I could find. Mostly they just quote the lyrics and sometimes provide a little background context (i.e. that it was composed in 1932 by an Aragonese anarchist by the name "Aznar"). But there's very little to it.

Searching around for sources was made more difficult by the commonality of the phrase (as it means "throw the bomb"), as well as the fact that it shares a name with a book of Salvadora Medina Onrubia's collected works; but the sources on the song itself barely give it any coverage longer than a passing mention. As I've been unable to find significant coverage of this song in reliable sources, I'm nominating this article for deletion; as an alternative to deletion, I would also propose redirecting it to Songs of the Spanish Civil War and merging any relevant context into that list. Grnrchst (talk) 10:06, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bodypartz (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NSONG; no notability aside from a passing mention in a Pitchfork article. Should be redirected to Luci4. UnregisteredBiohazard! 03:31, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I Never Heard (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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All three songs mentioned here are the same song, This Is It (Michael Jackson song), and thus the DAB page should instead be a redirect to that page. — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (Goodbye!) 22:44, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Vendetta! (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NSONG; I created the page months ago thinking it was notable because of the charts and certifications, turns out it's not. UnregisteredBiohazard! 01:27, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - As per nom, fails WP:NSONG. MayhemStoppingBy (talk) 22:49, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In My Opinion (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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The article currently only has one citation that being a non-independent WP:PRIMARYSOURCE to the album's record label Armada Music. [10]

I searched Google News to see if there were any WP:INDEPENDENT, reliable sources that have significant coverage on the album (Note that Google Books and Scholar brought up nothing when I searched for this album). And all I found were a few sources, all of which mention the album in passing while the main focus is on Nilsen himself: [11] [12] [13] [14][15]

With the complete lack of WP:Independent reliable sources with WP:SIGCOV, article fails WP:NMG and does not warrant an article, so it should be deleted or redirected to Nilsen's page instead. Cacophonic peace (talk) 03:36, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 05:56, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Mary Jane Holland (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NSONG. No notability on its own. Sricsi (talk) 09:50, 15 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep The nominator argues that the subject is not notable. That is not supported by policy. WP:NSONGS establishes that a song is notable if it has received significant coverage in reliable, independent sources. Mary Jane Holland has been written about in multiple professional reviews of Artpop, which satisfies this test. Per WP:DEL, deletion is only appropriate when an article cannot be improved. Where sourcing exists, WP:PRESERVE requires improvement, not removal. Arguments about general importance or personal judgments fall under WP:IDONTLIKEIT and are not valid grounds for deletion. It is also concerning that this nomination appears to be part of a pattern of repeatedly sending Lady Gaga–related articles to AfD. WP:OWN and WP:POINT make clear that attempting to dominate coverage of a single topic or to discourage contributions from others is not consistent with policy. Nominations should be made based on clear policy failures, not an editor’s personal desire to control which articles exist. On policy grounds, this article meets notability standards and should be kept. PopeLucifer (talk) 12:17, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This song has only been covered within album reviews. It has no chart placements and, aside from one tour, no live performances. All of the available information could easily be merged into the album article. There is no justification for creating a separate article for every single track in Gaga's catalogue. Sricsi (talk) 14:16, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Sricsi A quick Google search shows an NME article about the track as well as a PopCrush article about the track. That was without effort, simply typing the track title into Google search. Again, you have a concerning history of attempting to dominate the content on the encyclopedia regarding this artist. Do you care to explain why you repeatedly nominate Lady Gaga articles written by novice editors? Perhaps it would be appropriate to trust the reviewer at AfC (BD2412) who approved the article, and follow the guidelines set by WP:PRESERVE & WP:DEL. To expand upon and aid in the strengthening of articles that are sourced properly, rather than just lazily nominate them in violation of WP:OWN & WP:POINT. PopeLucifer (talk) 16:15, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The excerpt from NME (already cited in the song's article, by the way, which I’m sure you carefully read) states: "Lady Gaga has previewed new song ‘Mary Jane Holland’, taken from her forthcoming album ‘ARTPOP’. The pop star will release her third album in November, and ‘Mary Jane Holland’ is the latest song to be previewed ahead of the release. Lyrics in the song include the line, ‘I think we’d have a good time if you meet me and Mary Jane in Holland tonight.’"
I would hardly consider this an in-depth analysis of the track. Simply reporting on releasing a snippet of a song in relation to the album's promotional rollout does not automatically establish notability.
As for the suggestion that I have some kind of agenda, or "personal desire" (LOL) to control which articles exist, that is ridiculous and unfounded. A quick look at my edit history shows that I've consistently focused on improving and expanding Lady Gaga's articles. When I nominate a song for deletion, it is solely because it does not meet notability guidelines. Out of the 10+ articles created on songs from her latest album Mayhem, I nominated only one for deletion (LoveDrug), which other editors also agreed did not meet notability and was therefore deleted. Do you care to explain why you jump into assuming bad faith instead of carefully reading the guidelines? Sricsi (talk) 16:47, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Sricsi Listen, I don’t know the slightest thing about Lady Gaga. I know she sang Poker Face and that’s about it. Good luck with your nomination. PopeLucifer (talk) 02:20, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Further discussion will allow a consensus to establish whether article should be kept, redirected or merged.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 11WB (talk) 17:38, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting. Opinion divided between those arguing to Keep and others who would prefer a Redirect outcome.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 22:52, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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