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Reply to 25/26 March 2010 "Proposed For Deletion" template[edit]

Template placed by Morenooso said: "It is proposed that this article be deleted because of the following concern: Wikipedia is not a web host". My response: This article is clearly not being used as a web host. The referenced section of Wikipedia page, "What Wikipedia is not is "Wikipedia is not a blog, webspace provider, social networking, or memorial site", and prohibits Personal web pages, File storage areas, Dating services, and Memorials. The present article is nothing like any of these things. Obviously deletion of the article is improper, especially on any of these grounds. I have removed the template. RCraig09 (talk) 04:13, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Further reasoning opposing deletion is presented at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/We Are The World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition). I urge everyone concerned that this article will be deleted, to submit your opinion there. I strongly oppose deletion. RCraig09 (talk) 21:40, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It has been closed as keep. Mr. C.C.^{Hey yo!}_{I didn't do it!} 12:27, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing and verification: Reunion and follow-on performances[edit]

Most of the April-May edits were constructive, but I take issue with the two edit commentaries stating that article content was "not in the source." Maybe the editor was actually objecting to references quoting interviews but that is a different issue. In any event the following chart documents how the sources did indeed recite the article content.

The reunion and follow-on performances, in Washington D.C. in Dec. 2010 and "We Pray for You" video in May 2011, seem fairly important in the context of this article and I think they should be included.

Read earlier content in this version.

Editor's comment	Article's content	Source's recitation
"not in the source"	"The singers and musicians were assembled on the same stage at a private business' Christmas event."	Source: «Un homme d'affaires qui avait vu We Are The World voulait nous avoir pour son party de Noël. Jamais nous n'avions pensé pouvoir chanter tous ensemble, au même endroit. ... » (Google translation: "A businessman who saw We Are The World wanted us to his Christmas party. We never thought we could all sing together in one place. ...")
"not in sources presented"	"The video's participants, who had been geographically distributed at the time of its creation in February 2010, performed together in the same geographic location in Washington, D.C. in December of that year."	Source: "They all had the opportunity to meet one another and perform together in D.C., KC of Ahmir tells us, ... J. Rice recalls, “We all got to meet each other in D.C. " "
	"Thirty-seven of the original video's singers were among participants in a second collaborative YouTube charity video, "We Pray For You - 55 Youtubers Edition - Japan/ US Tornado Tribute (Original song).""	Source: Editor previously deleted reference to "We Pray for You" video which has a description that lists the singers, allowing readers to easily WP:VERIFY this article's content.

RCraig09 (talk) 19:40, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]