Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind

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The result was keep‎. A clear consensus has emerged following the addition of more sources. (non-admin closure) SN54129 13:11, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind[edit]

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This AfD was created by a now-banned user and subsequently deleted. I don't know anythin about that and only saw it because of the edit history of Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Albums and songs. What I do know is that I decided to look into the subject and see what I could uncover about it, and what I found was nothing. There were plenty of passing mentions, some of which implied the song's importance, but not much actual concrete evidence of it. The song isn't even mentioned on Irving Berlin's page, though it is listed on List of songs written by Irving Berlin. A redirect to the list page makes sense to me. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 21:21, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Albums and songs and United States of America. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 21:21, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to the list page as under WP:NSONG. Even if the fact that the mentions are in passing wasn't enough to disqualify notability (which it is), there just isn't enough information for the article to ever grow beyond a stub (which is also enough to disqualify notability!). Keep, in light of new information. Aamri2 (talk) 15:04, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I found and have just now added two acessible sources on Google books, one of them with specific things to say about this song's importance. I also saw some promising hits on Google Scholar, but while the song appears to have been mentioned in the body of the articles, it wasn't in the abstract, and I couldn't get past the paywall. A Wikieditor with access to a university library and its JSTOR pass could get us more. Darkfrog24 (talk) 23:44, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I will give you that that is one solid paragraph (and the other a passing mention which isn't very useful). If those Google Scholar results come through then there could still be something here, but one good source (which I guess I must've missed, oops) isn't enough to change my mind just yet. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 23:51, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Legit. Darkfrog24 (talk) 01:15, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep The original AFD was not created by a "banned user", but created by a sockpuppet of a now-blocked "vandalism only" account. The AFD should have stayed deleted. We should not even be listing this. However ... It seems to have been a significant song. I've added the link from the US Santa Barbara Discography of Historical American Recordings, as well as a link to its listings at Library of Congress historical recordings Recorded Sound Research Center (16,626), the National Jukebox (16,441) and the Recorded Sound Section, Library of Congress (6,098). Maybe it could use a little extra editing, but UC Santa Barbara and multiple listings in the Library of Congress, make this a keeper. — Maile (talk) 13:16, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep since the sources cited support the subject's notability in the fields of both history and music. -The Gnome (talk) 11:26, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Darkfrog24's source assessment. Belichickoverbrady (talk) 20:33, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.