Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arch sing


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The result was merge and delete. — Ocat ecir T 00:54, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Arch sing

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No sources given to establish that this is a notable form of performance. Term is unlikely to recieve anything but a trivial mention in published sources, and thus the article will always be based off heresay and original research. Savidan 16:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. As far as I can tell, this is a term primarily used at Princeton University (and perhaps a few other schools in the Ivy League), which renders it too special-purpose for a Wikipedia article at this time.  I was going to suggest merging it to Princeton_University, but it looks like it's already there. JavaTenor 16:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC) Merge Based on evidence presented below, I'm going to instead recommend merging a subset of this article to a section of collegiate a cappella.  I don't think we have the sources necessary to support an entire article on this phenomenon at this point, but the term's usage does appear to be more widespread than I had first believed. JavaTenor 00:33, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per the above. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  18:33, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep plenty of evidence that Arch Sing is a well-understood event at Brown, Cornell, Duke, and non-collegiate venues as well. No reason to delete this article. Capmango 19:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * If you could provide us with some of the evidence you mention, that would be helpful in judging the merits of this article. JavaTenor 20:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, here. I'm not saying these would make great sources for the article, but lots of pages that talk about past or upcoming Arch Sing events that do not seem to find it necessary to explain what an arch sing is, evidence that it is already well understood (mind you, I'm from Arizona so this was all new to me): Capmango 21:55, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * At Cornell:
 * At Brown:
 * At Duke:
 * At Bryn Mawr:


 * Keep per Capmango. Within its genre the term is quite notable.  Here is a reference from Washington University in Saint Louis, and here is another from Smith, in case you need even more evidence of its widespread use. JDoorjam     JDiscourse 23:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, here's "arch sing" defined in the published-in-paper-in-the-real-world college guide College Prowler. JDoorjam    JDiscourse 00:24, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The last reference would be enough for a Wiktionary entry, but all of the links provided&mdash;taken together do not back up any of the statements in the current article, except to define Arch Sing as singing under an arch. If "merging" this article into another entails anything more than that definition, then all we are doing is moving unsourced original research from one article to another. Savidan 02:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 01:31, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 01:32, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to Collegiate a cappella and redirect. Stub article is too close to a dictionary definition and a neologism, and unlikely to get much expansion unless it becomes a nationwide trend, but still it is an interesting phenomenon.  Redirect to allow future surfers and searchers to find it, since it is credible that new college freshmen at one of the participating universities might be inclined to look for more information if it appeared, say, on a bulletin board or announcements page.  --T-dot ( Talk/ contribs ) 19:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
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