Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wha'll be King but Charlie?


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The result was keep. Keeping based on improvements and the potential for further improvement. Missvain (talk) 18:33, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Wha'll be King but Charlie?

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Doesn't seem notable. Even if it is, the page belongs on wikit or another sister project, as it is almost exclusively a lyrics page. Hydromania (talk) 19:50, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Hydromania (talk) 19:50, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Hydromania (talk) 19:50, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. Hydromania (talk) 19:50, 20 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Comment. This song may be notable, but the creators of the article haven't explained what it's about except by allusion. The song, which is in Scots rather than English, needs to be put in context by the article to make sense to most readers. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:07, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep This was once an extremely popular dance tune.  It is widely included in anthologies visible in a google books search and in searches of old newspapers.  Even a quick search reveals that it continues to be played in folk dancing and folk music circles.IceFishing (talk) 19:56, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. While there were no music charts at the time this was popular, this certainly would have made the cut. And for two centuries. A good example of enduring notability. Metropolitan90 makes a good point, the article should be saved and lyrics pruned and replaced with some contextualization. Let me see what I can do. Ifnord (talk) 21:55, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment. I can see that there have already been some improvements to the article. One thing that needs to be addressed is when the song was written. From what I can find, Lady Nairne didn't start writing songs until after Charles Edward Stuart was dead, which means that the song was not about a contemporary issue but was more a retrospective on the past. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:55, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:BEFORE. I see there's plenty more sources online that can be found with two clicks at Google books and Scholar. Bearian (talk) 14:59, 27 January 2020 (UTC)


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