Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_rain_songs_in_Bollywood References

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The result was Speedy Delete per G5 by Ponyo ( non-admin closure) Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 02:09, 6 August 2016 (UTC) reply

List of rain songs in Bollywood

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Fails to meet criteria for notability - Vivvt ( Talk) 11:22, 1 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Delete As "rain song" is not a recognized musical genre, having a list of "rain songs" seems arbitrary. WP:NOTINDISCRIMINATE applies here. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 15:37, 1 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:35, 1 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:35, 1 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:35, 1 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Strongly Keep - Many unimportant musical lists regarding US and UK are here in wikipedia. Whereas rain songs play very important roles in Bollywood. If u search in google "rain songs of Bollywood", I'll see thousands of articles. Rain songs are certainly a musical genre in India. The article includes proper references and the article is well written I think. Neebras ( talk) 10:14, 4 August 2016 (UTC) reply

Comment @ Neebras: You'll have to provide sourcing to verify that "rain song" is a specific recognized genre of music. The fact that there are lots of songs about rain does not make "rain song" a recognized genre. "Love song" is a specific genre, and there is a lot of literature on the topic of love songs. If you could find similar literature (albeit likely a lesser volume of literature, but that's OK) to indicate that "rain song" is a recognized genre, you might have something. You'd probably do better to create the article Rain song (genre) first, to establish its notability as a genre, and then this list might have some meaning. But otherwise, this list falls into the category of list cruft. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:45, 4 August 2016 (UTC) reply
Delete as non-sense. Admins, WP:BEBOLD. We should not waste community time in debating over this user's multiple edits which have been nominated on various forums of deletion. §§ Dharmadhyaksha§§ { Talk / Edits} 06:16, 5 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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