Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Through (George Michael song)

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The result was redirect to Patience (George Michael album). (non-admin closure) f eminist 10:46, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Through (George Michael song)

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Notability is not inherited, nor has it been established in the content of the article. It is not a single. It did not chart. It has not won any awards. It is simply a song on an album. Kellymoat (talk) 14:15, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

sock strike Keep- If being a single and having awards is the criteria for a song being 'Notable', then why there is there are no proposed delete for Southampton Dock by Pink Floyd, It's the Falling in Love by Michael Jackson and The New Timer by Bruce Springsteen. I really want to assume good faith but when I see things like this I just wonder why. Anyway the song Through is notable enough to have been included on two GM albums which are Patience and Symphonica and being performed live in a concert tour. Aside from the fact is it from Michael's final studio album of original material. Although there are multiple citations in the article, there is still work need to be done to improve but deleting is not the answer.GM25LIVE (talk) 15:02, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Other stuff exists - we can worry about other articles later. Right now, the issue is THIS article. Why is the subject of this article notable? Independently. Separate from the album. Separate from the artist. Solely based on the song, and only the song.

And if you want to use the use the fact that it was on more than one album, you should consider letting people know that the 2nd album was a live album.

Kellymoat (talk) 15:16, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

sock strike Wikipedia:Other stuff exists Well it can be a valid argument. Regardless of nature of albums, it did appear twice in GM albums catalog and it was opening song of a tour in all the shows. I think this establish some kind notability even if you disagree with the level of such notability GM25LIVE (talk) 15:30, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

sock strikeKeep- The song was included in the artist's Greatest Hits compilation. Faithtour (talk) 15:54, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Much of the content in the article is based on non-RS blog postings. The song has some trivial coverage in reliable sources. Searching found nothing helpful. Fails WP:NSONG. What little there is that has a RS can easily be added to the album article. Gab4gab (talk) 16:55, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Patience (George Michael album). Nothing inherently notable about this song to warrant its own article. No significant coverage in reliable 3rd party sources. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 23:03, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

sock strike Keep This song is significant enough to appear in three albums (one of them is a greatest hits compilation) and its the opening track of a live album. Even so I believe the song has been covered and played during concert tours. I can see from the references that it has enough coverage from reliable sources to establish its notability. ChargerHellcat (talk) 11:42, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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.