Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Driving Under the Influence (song)

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The result was delete. RickinBaltimore (talk) 13:02, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Driving Under the Influence (song)

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Fails WP:NSINGLE. First, the fact that it reached UK Top 40 Singles Chart is not necessarily notable in itself according the guidelines. Second, from Wikipedia:Notability (music)#Recordings: "a standalone article is only appropriate when there is enough material to warrant a reasonably detailed article; articles unlikely ever to grow beyond stubs should be merged into the artist's article or discography." This article has been a stub for over 11 years and contains no information that could not be better suited by a single sentence in the Colin McFarlane article. In addition, the article has completely lacked references since its creation in 2006. 9³ 02:25, 1 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. 9³ 02:33, 1 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am starting to suspect that this article, along with Col Sings might be a hoax. I have not found any reference to this song on historical charts websites. This thread is the only evidence of a MySpace group that consisted of Colin MacFarlane (not Colin McFarlane) and another person that I could find. 9³ 05:50, 1 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:49, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as a blatant hoax. In 'The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles' there is no song of this title listed in the index of hit singles' titles at the back of the book, nor is there an entry for a Colin MacFarlane or McFarlane in the main index of chart acts. This is conclusively, provably bogus. RobinCarmody (talk) 22:55, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete (G3) as with the recently deleted Col Sings - this article is clearly a hoax as there is no evidence that this song even exists, let alone that it cracked the top 20 of the UK charts. gongshow talk 02:34, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete as hoax. Does not feature on Official UK Charts website. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:37, 3 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment--@Kvng:--Please be very careful about removal of del. tags!Winged Blades^Godric 07:58, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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