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Thriller album
9 articles
"The Girl Is Mine"
"Billie Jean"
"Beat It"
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
"Human Nature"
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
"Thriller"
Thriller 25

I believe that the Thriller album meets all the criteria for being a Good Topic in Wikipedia. The album itself is a Featured Article, all several of the album's singles, as well as the 25th anniversary album, are of Good Article status. I have worked on all these articles and think that there should be no problem in listing this as a Good Topic. Thanks, Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 20:04, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Any potential for articles on the other two songs? ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 23:06, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What "other two songs" are you referring to? Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 00:05, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The other two songs on the album that don't have articles. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:22, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Those two songs ("Baby Be Mine" and "Lady In My Life") were not released as singles, and do not have enough notability to have there own articles. Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 00:29, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support then. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 00:32, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your support. Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 00:37, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Excellent work. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 23:35, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose - this is the best-selling album of all time. As such, I find it surprising that the last two tracks on it aren't noteworthy. I would expect there to be loads of critical analysis of every track on the album, in the same way as you get for album tracks by the Beatles and Bob Dylan, for example. I also think that Michael Jackson's Thriller, the video to a single off the album of the same name, and possibly other articles related to this single off the album, should be included in this topic - rst20xx (talk) 16:55, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Just because the two songs appear on the best selling album of all time and, unsurprising, got a critical analysis (just like every other song on every other non-best-selling album of all time) does not in any way mean that they should have there own articles. The Thriller music video is not a mandatory necessity to this topic, it would be helpful if it was included but it is not a deal breaker. Also, regarding what you said about other article's being "related" to the thriller single, there are none. Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 20:48, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Thrill the World and Thriller (viral video)? I wouldn't say every song ever has been critically analysed (!), but I think that every one on this album would have enough to merit a worthy article - rst20xx (talk) 21:57, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per Michael Jackson's Thriller if nothing else. The crazy successful, called the "greatest music video ever" by some video to the album's title song definitely belongs. Staxringold talkcontribs 02:30, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: Sporting job. Note that if all of these songs are singles, you might consider retitled the GT "Thriller singles" or "Singles from Thriller." The Flash I am Jack's complete lack of surprise 14:12, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 16:15, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support a great job on a killer batch of songs. And let's hope the video is improved enough someday to enter too. igordebraga ≠ 01:04, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Opposse as much as I'd love to support, I do think Michael Jackson's Thriller should be included here. Andrzejbanas (talk) 12:55, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support. I'd love to see the Thriller video included here, but since it's not on the musical album, it doesn't have to be included. I don't think relatively similar topics have music videos included in album topics--and yes, I know that the Thriller video is no ordinary music video. However, I still support this topic. —Goodtimber (walk/talk) 03:03, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Close with no consensus to promote - 5 supports vs 3 opposes makes a majority, but not consensus - rst20xx (talk) 16:38, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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