Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/YTMND Soundtrack

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 delete. Johnleemk | Talk 06:31, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] YTMND Soundtrack

Forumcruft. A one-line sentence could be put into YTMND. User:Zoe|^(talk) 03:07, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

• Smerge per nom. FCYTravis 03:24, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. This article also serves the purpose to list many popular YTMND songs which the List of Fads site used to have. Fyrestorm 01:10, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

  This is a Wiki. Anything you contribute can and will be mercilessly edited by anyone. FCYTravis 05:59, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

  FCYTravis's comment was made in response to Fyrestorm's statement that "No one should edit the tracklist. I put it up there myself, considering I am the project leader of the Soundtrack," which was part of his original rationale to Keep, made on 16 January; this statement was subsequently deleted.--MayerG 04:49, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

• Keep since it is a great reference site for the YTMND community as well keeping the list of the most-used songs in one easy-to-find place. This is what wikipedia was made for, finding information, even information that may not be seen as important to some. Michigancubbie
• Delete as an absolutely worthless collection of information. YTMND has literally thousands of different pages on them. None of their soundtracks are notable. Cyde Weys 2M-VOTE 05:14, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

  There are about 10 sites claiming to be about a "YTMND Soundtrack" which didn't actually exist at the time. It was a small fad that eventually inspired the real thing. Dasyati 06:28, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. — Iggy Koopa 05:19, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Cyde Weys. I was going to say Smerge but fyrestorm and Iggy Koopa's comments and contribution history convinced me it should be deleted. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-01-16 06:13Z
• Keep. This is a real compilation of music that cannot be dismissed with a single line, any more than a Greatest Hits album by any one artist can. Dasyati 06:28, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

  Until said compilation of music has actually been published by a major record label, it may be dismissed out of hand. I can make up an "FCYTravis Soundtrack To My Life." It may very well be a real compilation of music, but it is nonetheless unencyclopedic.FCYTravis 06:51, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

  "major record label"? I'm not going to go ask for every indie band's albums to be AFD'd, but I'm questioning what Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, and EMI have to do with anything. This mixtape derives its notability from that of YTMND itself. --Damian Yerrick 00:13, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

  YTMND's notability does not mean that every single thing related to YTMND is encyclopedic. FCYTravis 01:19, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, WP:NOT an indiscriminate collection of information. This one is just cruft. 96 unique hits on google isn't very good when something is published on the web. - Bobet 15:47, 16 January 2006 also cocks(UTC)

• Keep,--Super Quinn 19:02, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete; lacks notability as a musical release (see the precedent set by the recent deletions of several bootlegs and mixtapes) and has no encyclopedic worth outside of a possible mention in YTMND. --keepsleeping quit your job! slack off! 19:45, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment: Fyrestorm's comment above ("No one should edit. . . I am the project leader. . .") indicates this article fails to conform to NPOV. --keepsleeping quit your job! slack off! 19:48, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Nn self-promotion. --MayerG 21:01, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Self promotion, not notable. FredOrAlive 21:25, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete not even a released music compilation. Just some songs used (mostly without permission or the artist's knowledge) on a website. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 00:09, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I disagree with fyrestorm that this page should be protected, but I agree that it serves as an index to List of YTMND fads by song. In fact, List of YTMND fads by song redirects to YTMND Soundtrack. --Damian Yerrick 00:13, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

  Umm, it redirects there because you created the redirect. Gosh, I wonder how that happened. FCYTravis 01:20, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

  I created the redirect because I wanted to take this article in a new direction that the other article on the same subject that was previously deleted didn't take, namely giving each song title a context. --Damian Yerrick 05:21, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ytmnd soundtrack. NatusRoma 00:51, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Merge or delete merge with YTMND. --Bachrach44 03:20, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete (falls under G4, and isn't notable. Ideas suggested before include redir'ing to List of YTMND fads, but I would also agree with protecting the redirected pages. I love the soundtracks, and I'm listening to Volume 7 now, but unfortunately it isn't notable enough to get a Wikipedia article on it. I would really like to see a YTMND wiki or something of the sort, and maybe an Internet Meme Wikicity that would allow Forumcruft to live on in infamy (not like Uncyclopedia, which is separate forumcruft). -Mysekurity 03:45, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

  G4 (recreation of deleted material)? I resent that remark. This is a new article on the same subject, and it goes into much more detail because it lists the fad(s) associated with each song. --Damian Yerrick 05:15, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

• Transwiki. This becomes a debate of inclusion based on article quality v.s. notability. I seriously think there should be some place that is editable (see m:Association of Transwikist Wikipedians), that can hold this information (possibly Wikisource?). I think it is well-written and can serve as a good guide for something other than a forum. I think Wikisource would be good for this, and thus, I'm changing my vote to that. As per the Re-creation of delete material, while it isn't a complete re-creation (and why I'm changing my vote), it was still voted on before, and it would have been better if it was discussed at deletion review. -Mysekurity 03:11, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, per nom. Incognito 05:10, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete forumcruft. WP:NOT an indiscriminate collection of information. Zunaid 09:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. AnYoNe! 14:54 17 January 2006 for uselessness, the origin of the songs of the most popular fads are already cited in the List of YTMND fads, plus this collection isn't copyrighted.
• Keep--or at the very least, merge.-PlasmaDragon 17:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Very helpful for those who want to know the songs of YTMD. However, WP:ISNOT a web guide. --LBMixPro^{<Speak|on|it!>} 21:32, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Pikawil 08:51, 21 January 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.