Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/We Are The World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition)

We Are The World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition)

 * 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.

Result: Keep (non-admin closure) as the article is more then just a YouTube video and being nominated under WP:OTHERCRAP. Mr. C.C. Hey yo!I didn't do it! 12:22, 3 April 2010 (UTC)


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Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information

Not every viral video needs coverage on Wikipedia. Just today NBC aired the latest YouTube hit, a parody of Lady Gaga's Poker Face called Roker Face during its Today show with Al Roker present. Depending upon the subject matter, videos on YouTube will get hits and media coverage. And while this one may be a notch above because it is billed as a charity single, or one time events that receive media coverage. Include this YouTube video and Wikipedia will open the door to a myriad of videos like this one. Morenooso (talk) 17:52, 26 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep - Summary: Issue should be resolved, not by subjective personal disdain for viral videos, but by articulated objective Wikipedia standards, especially notability which here is established by CNN(x4), ABC World News(x2) "Persons of the Week", Radio Canada and ~ten others (footnoted)---notable not only as a viral video but as a technologically challenging collaboration of 57 geographically distributed non-celebrity artists creating a charity work reported to be "better than" the celebrity version--despite being "only" a YouTube video. RCraig09 (talk) 19:39, 27 March 2010 (UTC)


 * (sorry for length of earlier post... this was my first AfD reasoning submission -- paragraphs a-j which I have since moved to my talk page.) If you are seriously considering arguing for deletion, please take the time to read my detailed reasons: KEEP "We Are the World...". Disclosure: I am main editor of subject article and of Lisa Lavie article) RCraig09 (talk) 22:14, 26 March 2010 (UTC) My paragraphs (a)-(j) subsequently moved by me 20:39, 28 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep Morenooso is using WP:OTHERCRAP as an excuse to get this deleted. This article does not violate any article guidelines.  With a bit of stylizing and fixing up, it will be even better.
 * Comment - In the same vein, you are suggesting Wikipedia should be about everything. Let's stay on topic, please. This is not about citing essays. --Morenooso (talk) 03:27, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Morenooso, you are using Pokémon test to try and get it deleted. I must reiterate what RCraig said and that is you Morenooso said that this video is "a notch above."  So saying that is step backwards towards what it is you are trying to accomplish.   Mr. C.C. Hey yo!I didn't do it! 03:56, 27 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. --Eduardofoxx13 (talk) 02:54, 28 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep Morenooso describes this video as a "notch above" what are already normally considered remarkable videos.  There is an incredible amount of interest in this particular video, and its notability and interest involves more than a pair of funny children, Charlie Bit My Finger, or a drugged young boy, David After Dentist, or even 2 Girls 1 Cup.  I could go on, but I digress.  Surely the impact of the "We Are The World - YouTube Edition" video is of more notable consequence to humanity than the previously listed, and as they are allowed their own notable place in our recorded history, so should this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.21.246.191 (talk) 03:19, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - I am the author of the above, I was away from my computer for too long and was logged out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwwetzel (talk • contribs) 03:22, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - And I forgot to sign it. Jwwetzel (talk) 03:31, 28 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep This is a very notable video based on the amount of collaboration (57 artists), various media citations and impact. They were collectively chosen as "Persons of the Week" in Diane Sawyer's ABC News werldwayd (talk) 07:44, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep why is this being nominated? because of WP:OTHERCRAP?!?! Such nominations are wasting editors time which could be better used elsewhere. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 01:26, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge. There is nothing in this article that shouldn't be in We Are the World 25 for Haiti, I really can't think anybody would be looking for a separate YouTube entry. --Richhoncho (talk) 20:05, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - Interesting thought, Richhoncho! But, musically, this YouTube version is a cover of both the 2010 celebrity We Are the World 25 for Haiti and the 1985 original We Are the World. It would be hard to "merge" with both priors! Arguably, the YouTube version is closer to the 1985 original since it has no rap segment and minimal Auto-tune. Also: the still-growing notability of the YT version (often focusing on differences from the 2010 celeb remake) supports a separate article. P.S. Agreed: No "separate song and video articles" as your edit summary worried. RCraig09 (talk) 23:34, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Point taken and I have struck out my merge suggestion...but I am always in favour of keeping different versions of the same song together, but that's not relevant to this discussion. --Richhoncho (talk) 20:09, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment If you want this article to be mentioned in the celebrity remake, then add a blurb about it there. No need to merge.   Mr. C.C. Hey yo!I didn't do it! 09:21, 3 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep No reason for delete this article beyond a "viral video". Tb hotch Ta lk C.  19:53, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
 * AfD is being closed as a keep as the article is more then just a YouTube video and being nominated under WP:OTHERCRAP.  Mr. C.C. Hey yo!I didn't do it! 12:22, 3 April 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.