Talk:You and Whose Army?

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I hope I provided enough interesting information to have this article stay up. --Mrmoustache14 (talk) 03:48, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep it up

Why take this article down? It provides information that the Amnesiac article can't. Leave it up! A song being about Tony Blair and being proven to be a fan favorite by citations is obviously article worthy. Also Thom Yorke as cited said he was proud of this song. Finally the use of egg boxes and other odd techniques support it's article nobility. --69.115.134.226 (talk) 09:20, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The green plastic citation was found by looking for good citations on Radiohead's official website. If you go to this page on their cite: http://radiohead.com/links/ you'll see it listed. Also Allmusic was also cited which is one of the most trust worthy citations for music articals. Metrolyric.com works with Last.fm which is a reliable place. I have no idea what the person who deleted this meant when they said the links weren't reliable. The Walking on Thin Ice article is also an official review therefore also credible (Allmusic isn't the only opinion that matters.)Also Thom Yorke singling out that "You and Whose Army?" is a song he is proud of also makes it important. Finally the fact John Frusciante, the most famous lead guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers covered it even makes the song more article worthy. --69.115.134.226 (talk) 08:20, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This song used to have an article in the past, but it was reverted for the same reason by another editor. Look in the history to see it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Popcornduff (talk • contribs) 13:54, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"It provides information that the Amnesiac article can't." No it doesn't. There is nothing included in this article that could not be added to the main album page if it is notable and properly sourced. (Unfortunately, almost nothing in the article is.)

"A song being about Tony Blair and being proven to be a fan favorite by citations is obviously article worthy." Why does being about Blair make it deserving of its own article? The article doesn't demonstrate how the song is a fan favourite, and that alone is not grounds for notability. Besides, given the popularity of Radiohead, every song is a "fan favourite", and seemingly if RH fans had their way every song would have its own article.

"Finally the fact John Frusciante, the most famous lead guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers covered it even makes the song more article worthy." The fact that it was covered (live, not in studio) by Frusciante is not grounds for notability.

You must prove the song's notability as per Wikipedia:Notability#General_notability_guideline

"I have no idea what the person who deleted this meant when they said the links weren't reliable." Right now, the only reliable citation the article cites is an article from Spin magazine, quoting a not particularly enlightening Yorke statement. All the other citations are links to fan sites, or a YouTube video. These are not reliable. See Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources

All in all, the article is poorly written, with poor citations, about a subject whose notability is not demonstrated, and adds no worthwhile information to an encyclopaedic understanding of the song. With that in mind, I am going to revert the page again. If you disagree with the decision and restore it, I will nominate the article for deletion and it can be considered by other editors.

Please do not delete my contribution to this talk page as you did when discussing this on the Amnesiac talk page. Thanks. Popcornduff (talk) 10:14, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]