Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hail Purdue!


 * 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.   Wifione    .......  Leave a message  13:43, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Hail Purdue!

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No assertion of notability per WP:SONG. Also, article consists mostly of lyrics, so could be moved to Wikisource (was published before 1923, so is public domain). c y m r u . l a s s (talk me, stalk me) 06:07, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  —• Gene93k (talk) 19:44, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:44, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Weakest Keep Found only two refs with significant coverage:, . Edison (talk) 21:25, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Official university songs typically are subtopics for the university article, where they typically get only a brief mention; the reason they seldom are published in those articles is because most university songs are subject to copyright. This one is an exception to the "seldom are published" situation because it is old enough to be in the public domain. It properly has been split off from the main Purdue University article due to the excessive length it would create in that article. When a long article is split in that fashion, it is not necessary to establish individual independent notability for every split-off topic. Regardless, this song is treasured by Purdue alumni and widely reproduced (audios, videos, ringtones, etc.); I'd hate to be the one to tell a bunch of drunken Boilermakers that Wikipedia deemed their song to be non-notable! --Orlady (talk) 21:42, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * As I said in my nom, if this is deleted, the lyrics should be moved to Wikisource because Wikisource is for public domain texts.
 * Also, in response to your statement, "When a long article is split in that fashion, it is not necessary to establish individual independent notability for every split-off topic," Splitting, a link you included in your !vote, says the following: "In some cases refactoring an article into child or sister articles can allow subtopics to be discussed more fully ... but only if the new articles are themselves sufficiently notable to be included in the encyclopedia" (emphasis added by me). This article does not assert notability in any way. --- c y m r u . l a s s  (talk me, stalk me) 23:58, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article says that it is the official song of a major university. Judging from the size of Category:College fight songs in the United States, there seems to be a general consensus for accepting that as a notability assertion. Brian the Editor (talk) 18:51, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
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