Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Go U Northwestern (2nd nomination)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Mkdw talk 08:22, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Go U Northwestern
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Non-notable school song. Fails WP:GNG, because it has no independent third party sources to establish notability. Fails all alternate notability options in WP:SONG. Previous nomination was procedurally closed GrapedApe (talk) 12:06, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. Well known 100 year old fight song for a historic college football program, also used by numerous other colleges and high schools.  GNews  and HighBeam  show plenty of sources referencing both; someone who can get past the paywalls (or whose HighBeam subscription has not recently expired (grumble) ) can add them to the article, but it's clear this is notable in the universe of fight songs. --Arxiloxos (talk) 15:25, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Ranked among the best college fight songs: #35 in this listing. One of the best-known US college songs, popular for a century, used by a number of other schools:, . Satisfies guideline WP:NSONG by being recorded by numerous notable bands and recording groups. Recorded by Guy Lombardo in 1929 as part of a medley of most popular college fight songs, on Columbia 1996-D: , which was a hit in the US charts for 1929: .. By 1940 it was   included in a collection of "old college favorites" in an album. It has been commercially released as a single by well known bands such as the big band of Jan Garber in 1949 on Capital 57-676:. Edison (talk) 15:36, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep per Edison, notability established. &mdash;/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 15:49, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep no brainer per Edison.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:55, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep fight songs of major universities are typically kept. For a 100 year old song that is not presently used, I think it would be even more important to keep it as online references are likely to not exist but offline references are a different story.  I'm confident the information can be verified in offline reliable sources.--Paul McDonald (talk) 14:42, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment Where did you get the idea it is no longer used? It is still used by Northwestern [http://www.nusports.com/trads/nw-songs.html as well as by other colleges and high schools, as referenced above. Edison (talk) 02:34, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
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