Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JK Wedding Entrance Dance


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The result was   keep. NW ( Talk ) 13:40, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

JK Wedding Entrance Dance

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In a nutshell, the article is about a viral video of family and friends who danced down the wedding aisle to the song "Forever" by Chris Brown, which has received millions of views on YouTube. It may have received some coverage, but it's hardly significant coverage that deems its inclusion. Wikipedia is not a news source and it seems that the notability of this event is temporary. —  Σ  xplicit 05:36, 21 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge in the "Forever" article since because of this video the song's digital sales skyrocketed. --Legolas  ( talk 2 me ) 05:38, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
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 * Keep I started this article and I would like to propose that we keep this article. The nominator states that the event may have received some coverage this is a gross understatement.  The 3rd week of July 2009 this was picked up by just about every major news agency in the world.  The participants of the event appeared on both The Today Show and Good Morning America to talk about the event and in one instance to recreate it.  The article also states that Dancing With the Stars Australia re-created the event (although it does not show a source for that).  I would argue that this is no longer merely a temporary event but one that is worthy of inclusion due to its world wide coverage and re-creation and notablility.   RP459 (talk) 13:46, 21 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep: I don't think it's doing any harm to have it around; the article is above stub level, nicely written, and not original research or promotion. It's too soon to assess whether it is temporary; we can reassess that a year from now. &mdash; Sebastian 18:40, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep I think what may have been an accidental temporary blip has turned into an international sensation, with a growing number of views under two different videos on YouTube, such that the combined media play, plus views, retweets on twitter etc, has made this something to be remembered. I for one think this exactly the kind of thing that Wikipedia should be noting for future generations, things that turn out to be important. Would you delete references for the moon landings? Okay, this is not as important, but it's been viewed by more people (admittedly due to the viral nature of modern social media), so who is the nominator to suggest this is not important? — Justin (talk • contribs) 00:39, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong, Strong delete. RP459's argument is taken straight out of arguments to avoid in deletion discussions; if it isn't notable now, the article is deleted, full stop. "it's too soon/it might be notable in six months/whatever" is not a valid argument. WP:NOT applies here; something temporarily entering our minds does not mean it gets an article. Show me some lasting coverage of this phenomenon and I'll change my mind. Ironholds (talk) 00:43, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * as requested, continuing coverage:

August 26th 2009 http://www.theweek.com/article/index/99900/Californias_huge_garage_sale_YouTube_shares_the_wealth  August 25th 2009 http://www.enewscourier.com/local/local_story_237102710.html  August 15th 2009 http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.cfm?sid=277935&sc=102  August 10th 2009 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/081009-buzz.html?page=2  August 7th 2009 http://www.thedailytell.com/2009/08/jk-wedding-dance-internet-sensation-directs-buzz-toward-charity/  August 5th 2009 http://blog.clickz.com/090805-160921.html  August 4th 2009 http://www.rantrave.com/Rave/JK-Wedding-Dance-Divorce-Parody-Video.aspx]] Coverage of parody of dance,  August 4th 2009 http://www.examiner.com/x-2108-Love-and-Marriage-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Meeting-marring-and-dancing-down-the-aisle  July 30th 2009 http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/we-wont-get-boyled-again-sony-chris-brown-monetize-wedding-dance-video/ 

The above is just a quick seach through google news... The original was uploaded on July 19th 2009 RP459 (talk) 02:57, 28 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep This video has received a phenomenal amount of press coverage, far more than other covered viral videos like Pancakes! and Saturday Morning Watchmen. Its about as big as Mahir Çağrı from 1999, in my estimation.  --Milowent (talk) 05:39, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
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