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 and clean-up. --Haemo 02:12, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Beatles songs (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

These songs are all mentioned in the album articles and is completely redundant to Category:The Beatles songs where all the songs are listed alphabetically. So it adds nothing to what the category or album pages already have. Spellcast 09:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Keep - This is the destination for a redirect "Beatles Songs", which I'd guess is a common search topic. The list isn't entirely redundant, as it's tidier and more focused than the category page, and includes several red links. However, as lists go, it's kinda weak; this would make a better navigation aid if it were annotated. William Pietri 10:03, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Useful, just need work. Dfrg.msc 10:48, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Ideally placed into a sortable table with a column for which album the song is on. Lugnuts 11:03, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Even if sorted in a table, it's still redundant to the album pages and the category. If readers want to see songs listed by albums, they would look at the album pages. If they want to see songs listed alphabetically, they would click on the category. From The Beatles discography page, album pages, and categories, it is easy to track down any Beatles song one wants. Spellcast 11:30, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Except for a song that doesn't have an article, which then wont show in the category. Lugnuts 11:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Out of the 280 songs listed, 24 are red links. If the red link songs are worthy for an article, they can be created and listed in the category. If they're not notable, then is it really worth keeping the list so non-notable songs can be alphabeticised? Spellcast 12:04, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to category or format into a detailed table As it is pretty useless - Categories serve this purpose. Unless somebody formats it so it is an encyclopeedic table which provides info on data of release, album, notes etc ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^"Talk"? 12:27, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete No better now than it was a year ago when it was created. This is, as it says, a list of Beatles songs (with some red-link additions from v andals) and it's chief claim to fame is that it's in alphabetical order. In this case, a Category really is better than the article. Lists of Beatles songs have been done many times, and nearly all of those lists are better than this one. Mandsford 15:01, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep In my world, this is an important part of human knowledge. Sure, the article could be improved, but for a person looking for a particular Beatles song, this article is far better than a category.--orlady 18:01, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete unless additional noteable information can be included Presently this list doesn't offer much more than Category:The Beatles songs. There are many such lists, most of which have been deleted. Unless additional, noteable information is included, the page isn't necessary. Tbo ¹⁵⁷talk 19:00, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. I think that TB0157 has a good idea -- if each song can be given a cited comment for its notability (longest run at #1, most weeks on chart, etc.), then keep. Otherwise delete. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?)} 23:15, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and convert into sortable table. Since most Beatles songs have their own article, notability shouldn't be a major concern. The list can be made more useful if also year, album, and the composer from List of Beatles songs written by George Harrison and List of Beatles songs written by Lennon/McCartney, part of which is already in table form, and maybe even the singers from List of Beatles songs by singer are included, amounting then to a navigation aid that the cats don't provide. --Tikiwont 12:49, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as a useful list likely to be searched for by today's college and high school students. Bearian 16:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with List of Beatles songs written by George Harrison, List of Beatles songs written by Lennon/McCartney, and List of Beatles songs by singer. I'd be willing to help if necessary. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 17:00, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • If this was a sortable table, all of those lists could be merged into this one. Kappa 12:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep in some form. I personally found it useful a few minutes ago, and arrived there by typing beatles songs into the search box. Admittedly for my purposes a redirect to Category:The Beatles songs would probably have been sufficient -- at least, if there were no songs missing.  –Aponar Kestrel (talk) 03:41, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete in current form, bare list which WP:NOT, does nothing a cat doesn't do. Wanna see a good list? List of Dinosaurs. Deiz talk 09:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• It should be a sortable table by title, album, single y/n, chart position UK, chart position US, Beatles original or cover version etc. Kappa 12:30, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question for all involved Is the consensus to merge the lists into one sortable table (title, author(s), singer(s), chart position, and album)? Again, I'll help if so desired. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 22:44, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 07:49, 9 September 2007 (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.