Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of patriotic songs


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The result was Delete-- JForget  23:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

List of patriotic songs

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fails WP:OR and WP:NPOV,WP:Cite and WP:V. The fact that songs like Born in the U.S.A. (song),Danny_Boy,Swing Low, Sweet Chariot are included here shows how just about any song that mentions a countries name can qualify or is even remotely associated to a country. Ireland is a other case where one mans patriotic songs is a other mans Rebel Song and sure if Waltzing Matilda is in why not No man's land? Gnevin (talk) 15:15, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 13:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * How about trying to clean up the article?--WaltCip (talk) 14:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Reply: That doesn't handle the basic problems: defining patriotic songs in a way that satisfies WP:NOR and WP:NPOV, and determining which songs qualify and why. I can't see a consensus developing on either.    RGTraynor  15:01, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete: Fails WP:OR and WP:SYN by a country mile.  Swing Low, Sweet Chariot a British patriotic song (seemingly on the strength of it being popular among English rugby fans)?    RGTraynor  13:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete This list is just bursting with original research. I agree, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is a stretch indeed. And what about the 847,000 patriotic songs that all came out after 9/11 -- stuff like Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) and Have You Forgotten? There are so very, very many ways to identify "patriotic". Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 15:47, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete please please delete. Not only are some of these song's patriotic intentions completely subjective, the list is trivial. These are not nationally recognized songs written for the United States or any other country; they were not patronized. Bulldog123 (talk) 20:46, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Sung to the tune of My Country Tis of Thee or God Save The Queen-- "There's not one friggin' source, why not one friggin' source, why is this here?" Mandsford (talk) 00:21, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete It's just too broad of a list- something like "Songs about a country" might be doable, but this is too generic. JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 07:34, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Subjective, original research, trivia, listcruft, POV, etc. KleenupKrew (talk) 10:45, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 13:28, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


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