Talk:The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)

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Requested move (2014)

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The result of the move request was: move the page to The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording) with redirects from the other proposed titles, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 00:25, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston song) → Whitney Houston's Super Bowl XXV performance – "The Star-Spangled Banner" is not a Whitney Houston song, and the current title implies that she recorded her own song called "The Star Spangled Banner" that is not the US National Anthem. Much of the article discusses her famous rendition of the song at Super Bowl XXV, and I think this would be a more appropriate title. I am open to similar suggestions for titles and am not restricting discussion solely to my proposed title. –Chase (talk / contribs) 23:01, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

16:23, 24 November 2014 (UTC): There seems to be some support for The Star-Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording). I am not opposed to it at all. –Chase (talk / contribs) 16:23, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - title proposed is certainly a big improvement. Better something with keeps the song name like The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston Superbowl recording). In ictu oculi (talk) 03:26, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment – The article seems to be a bit inconsistent, in that it refers to the song as a single in the lead, but most of the article itself is about the performance. Either the article should be moved as per the proposal and the lead needs to be slightly rewritten (...though I guess that would probably be necessary if the article was moved to a totally different title anyway), or perhaps the article needs to be split into separate articles for the single and the performance. --V2Blast (talk) 08:01, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
 * weak oppose
 * "The Star Spangled Banner" "Whitney Houston" gets "About 1,300 results"
 * "The Star Spangled Banner" "Super Bowl XXV" gets "About 241 results"
 * "Whitney Houston" "Super Bowl XXV" gets "About 414 results"
 * Suggest swapping "song" for "recording", "performance" or similar. I guess that people probably bought the track because of the song and because of Houston not because of a connection to the Super Bowl Gregkaye ✍ ♪  10:04, 24 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Support – I believe its completely better to move the article to Super Bowl XXV halftime show, keeping it consistent with the half time show articles. — Indian: BIO  [ ChitChat ] 14:13, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Houston performed the national anthem, not the halftime show. –Chase (talk / contribs) 16:20, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
 * In that case I go with In Ictu's option. — Indian: BIO  [ ChitChat ] 19:27, 26 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Support It's a national anthem, performed by her. Not an original song by her. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.65.196.20 (talk • contribs) 11:28, 25 November 2014
 * Support. But I will remind you all of WP:NSONG which reads, Songs with notable cover versions are normally covered in one common article about the song and the cover versions. --Richhoncho (talk) 20:23, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. Since this is a cover song, people may get confused that the Star Spangled Banner could be written by Whitney Houston, which it is not. To make readers clear that this is a cover song, I support the move. — CookieMonster755 (talk) 06:31, 28 November 2014 (UTC)


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improper tone of wording
"And about ten days later, she recorded a breathtaking game-day master at a California studio" and "Two weeks later, the single was a big hit on the Billboard charts" strike me as editorializing, or at least not proper tone for an encyclopedia, unless someone is being quoted directly). I don't want to edit it myself out of respect for the writer.  NewkirkPlaza (talk) 15:07, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

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