Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan

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The result was merge to Life Is Full of Possibilities. Courcelles (talk) 20:34, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan

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Couldn't find much in the way of sources (except this Pitchfork review), and it doesn't really have any info that isn't already in the Life Is Full of Possibilities article anyway. StewdioMACK (talk) 14:28, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest merge of info and redirect to album page, if the active contributor cannot improve the subject article until a certain period. I haven't researched the subject that much, but it appears to me that the song was "instrumental" to the band's creation. I found few notable mentions (in retrospect) such as in Billboard 1, Billboard 2, Entertainment Weekly, and MTV. --Efe (talk) 15:02, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to album. I don't think it would have been contested even without a discussion. Reviews generally put the single in context of Possibilities or of the Postal Service's founding, but there's little in depth on the EP or track itself enough to warrant its own page besides AllMusic, Pitchfork, and Brainwashed. Billboard notes it as the standout track on Possibilities. AllMusic agrees. BBC calls it the "indie single of the year". And Pitchfork ranks it within the top 250 tracks of the decade. A.V. Club passing mention. Anyway, best off merged unless someone can dig up more reviews (especially in offline sources)! – czar 15:52, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to album. WP:NSONGS does not grant automatic notability to every song that exists at all — rather, to qualify for a standalone article rather than simply being discussed in the article on the album from whence it came, a song has to meet certain specific criteria (such as verifiable status as a charting hit, etc.) which haven't been demonstrated, or even really claimed, here. Bearcat (talk) 17:52, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:27, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:27, 4 September 2015 (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.