Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sesame Street Theme


 * 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 Speedy keep because nobody is in favor of deletion, and the nominator has not advanced an argument for deletion (see comment below) (non-admin closure) — Parent5446 ☯ ([ msg] email) 01:04, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Sesame Street Theme

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Completely original research. 3 out of 4 sources on this page are not reliable (they appear to link to Youtube). Non-notable as well. | Muppet Wiki also gives better info on this as well. Plus the article on the show's closing sequence was similar and was deleted a while back. This page is entirely uneccesary and useless to Wikipedia. trainfan01


 * Keep. I've added some reliable sources to the article. It could definitely use some attention, especially in the Uses within the series section, but this is not a reason to delete the article. Gobonobo  T C 04:38, 23 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep The song is clearly a notable part of modern culture. Article could be improved of course but not "useless." Borock (talk) 12:20, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep i had trouble adding reliable sources, but its a single on multiple releases, written by a major childrens music composer, and is guaranteed permanently memorized by millions of people. i would have preferred it be built up at the joe raposo article and then when ready created as separate, but now that its here, it should stay and be improved.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 03:34, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment AfD is still not linked from the article. I found looking the song up tricky, since it's actually titled "Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street," but also seems to be informally called "Sunny Days," "Theme from Sesame Street," "Sesame Street Opening Theme," etc. Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 14:40, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:07, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:00, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Relisting comment. The AFD tag wasn't added to the article until June 27th. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:08, 30 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep This theme song is widely known and frequently referenced in popular culture. Themes songs are hard things to find deep references for, as it's not like people frequently write whole news articles or books about them. However, there are innumerable articles with titles that play on the name, it's frequently mentioned in articles, and I see at least four books on Google Books that are called "Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?" I think there's enough material available in reliable sources to write a short-but-sweet article around. Ryan Paddy (talk) 03:40, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - I agree with most of what was said above. There is no doubt this theme song is notable, it's just a question of verifiable sources, and an article should not be deleted just because the current version of it does not have reliable sources. That just means it needs to be improved. — Parent5446 ☯ ([ msg] email) 03:59, 30 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment It looks like the article will remain for now. To make it sound more clearer, I will try and re-write some of the info. trainfan01 —Preceding undated comment added 13:35, 29 June 2010 (UTC).
 * Snowball Keep One of the most famous theme songs in US television history. Someone should close this up. Regent of the Seatopians (talk) 23:54, 30 June 2010 (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.