Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Join the British Army

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The result was redirect to Irish rebel song#List of notable songs. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:29, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Join the British Army[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NSONG. Whilst it's not an obscure rebel song as it's been covered by The Dubliners and many other people, I haven't been able to find any significant coverage that would support the article's inclusion on wikipedia. I've also tried to find some sources by using the song's alternative title "Fuck the British Army" but still found nothing. Earle Bartibus Huxley (talk) 12:55, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Earle Bartibus Huxley (talk) 12:55, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Albums and songs and United Kingdom. Shellwood (talk) 13:22, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 15:13, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Not a hoax, but I'm struggling to come up with SIGCOV. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 18:52, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Red-tailed hawk Did I accidentally imply that the article was a hoax? My bad. I'll change want I wrote. Earle Bartibus Huxley (talk) 20:28, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. Obviously needs referencing and something to show GNG is met. If this doesn't happen, sadly, this needs to go as poorly referenced (or, well, unreferenced) historical trivia. My BEFORE failed at finding anything useful; the generic name of the song doesn't help. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:32, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. It's a variant of the Scots song The Lass o Killiecrankie (here's a 1904 recording), and both songs are listed together in the Roud index as number 5680. Even if the article covered both, though, I haven't been able to find any sources that discuss the song beyond just giving the lyrics. Adam Sampson (talk) 18:32, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Irish rebel song#List of notable songs. Fails WP:NSONG. Not enough coverage aside from the ones presented above. SBKSPP (talk) 01:34, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Irish rebel song#List of notable songs. Fails WP:NSONG per above. // Timothy :: talk 16:19, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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