Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Distance (Mariah Carey 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 snow keep per the sources listed and a unanimous consensus among votes. Closing early when nominator appears to have withdrawn this and conceded to other opinions (non-admin closure). SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 17:01, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Distance (Mariah Carey song)

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Article is not notable per WP:NSONGS - yes it charted but almost all of the information is already or could be merged to the parent album page ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }- 18:58, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:02, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 19:02, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The following sources focus on the song (i.e. independent of an album review): Rolling Stone, Spin, Slant Magazine, The Guardian, Pitchfork, Variety, The Fader, Idolator, and Rap-Up. This seems like evidence of significant coverage from third-party, reliable sources to me. The article needs to be improved, but that is not a reason for an AfD. Aoba47 (talk) 02:32, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just as a note to future participants to this discussion, the article's talk page also has plenty of citations to support the song's notability, which were provided by @MaranoFan:. Aoba47 (talk) 18:00, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There are multiple notable and independent sources as provided by Aoba47. The song itself has gained more coverage than other individual songs by the singer or most other songs. Deserves its own article.InfiNeuro (talk) 02:37, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, InfiNeuro the state of other articles unless GA/FA is not relevant (WP:OTHERSTUFF). ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }- 18:37, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and expand - Many thanks to Aoba47 for summoning me. The multitude of standalone articles about the song from reliable secondary sources would suggest notability. It is unfortunate that despite the list on the article's talk page no one bothered to expand it in three years! Hopefully someone (maybe me when I get time) gets around to it.--N Ø 19:25, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Even if there is notability, I still think articles need to have the possibility of sufficient content to standalone. In this case, the content I've seen in the unused sources tells me there is a lot the article can be expanded with, the level of detail of which would be inappropriate in the main album article. Heartfox (talk) 19:33, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
In light of everyone's comments, can we snow keep? ≫ Lil-Unique1 -{ Talk }- 15:04, 25 February 2022 (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.