Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) ASTIG️🎉  (HAPPY 2022) 05:50, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?

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Fails WP:NSONGS. Only one source. Despite involving a myriad of notable names, it is WP:NOTINHERITED. Searching found only vendors and lyric databases. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 05:42, 26 December 2021 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 05:07, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 05:42, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. North America1000 18:52, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: the song reached no. 4 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, which can be corroborated . I know chart positions don't automatically make a song notable, but at least this claim in the article can be verified. Richard3120 (talk) 21:04, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment. This wasn't the Canadian Hot 100 as it exists now, but the Canadian Singles Chart of old, which by 2005 had long been notoriously unreflective of the most widely-heard songs in Canada because it was based purely on physical sales, which died out in North America long before they did in the UK.  A case in point of how low the sales required for this chart were: Elton John's Diana tribute returned to number one on this chart in January 2002.  So a high position on this chart is much less likely in itself to make a song notable compared to a high position on the modern Canadian Hot 100, for all that I applaud this song for spelling Hallowe'en properly.  RobinCarmody (talk) 00:37, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. Following the nomination, I added more sources. With significant coverage in Rolling Stone, Maclean's, the Ottawa Citizen and The New York Times, this subject meets notability guidelines. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 02:05, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Leaning merge to Do They Know It's Christmas?, which already mentions the topic. The laundry list of contributing performers is unnecessary. BD2412  T 07:42, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems to be notable with the New York Times and Ottawa Citizen mentions, but the article needs to be trimmed down quite a bit, it seems to be more of a list than an article. Oaktree b (talk) 16:50, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets WP:NSONG with sources added to the article by Paul Erik. They're reliable enough IMV. SBKSPP (talk) 00:56, 5 January 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.