Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rough Water

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The result was redirect‎ to Travie McCoy discography#Singles. ✗plicit 00:09, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rough Water

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This song fails WP:NSONG. A WP:BEFORE search brought up the following articles:

Alternative Press, which says nothing more than "this song was released today".
- Alternative Press No. 2 which says nothing more than "a music video for this song was released today".
Billboard, where all discussion of the song stems from an interview with McCoy
Huffpost, which is of dubious reliability since its author is not mentioned, and it is thus unclear whether this is a staff or contributor article (see WP:HUFFPOCON)
MTV News, which is ditto to Billboard in that it is primarily an interview
Radio.com, which is once again an article written entirely from an interview
Rap-Up, which doesn't say much about the song beyond its release and that the song is "radio-friendly"

There are also a few more articles where the song is only a passing mention. As far as I can tell, this song lacks any non-trivial published works talking about it, excluding "publications where the artist [...] speaks about the work". The song did chart, but charting does not establish notability. As such, it should either be deleted or redirected to Travie McCoy. Leafy46 (talk) 03:11, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Leafy46 (talk) 03:12, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Travie McCoy discography#Singles – As WP:ATD. Svartner (talk) 10:51, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:41, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect - Redirect to Travie McCoy discography#Singles. --Jax 0677 (talk) 06:11, 17 September 2025 (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.