Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/My Dream of the U.S.A.

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The result was delete. Sandstein 21:57, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My Dream of the U.S.A.[edit]

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Fails both WP:GNG and WP:NMUSIC. I can't find any remotely notable recording of the song and there is no indication that the musical score itself is notable for any particular reason. Lennart97 (talk) 22:51, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Lennart97 (talk) 22:53, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Lennart97 (talk) 22:53, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete agreed with nominator. Expertwikiguy (talk) 20:32, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, Per nom. fails WP:GNG. Alex-h (talk) 13:38, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, HĐ (talk) 02:54, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and all other editors. --Ashley yoursmile! 13:32, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This Newspapers.com search for the song title and one of the composers shows well over a hundred newspaper stories referring to the piece. Most of stories are from the first half of the 20th century, so while the piece may not be well known now, it was then. Wasted Time R (talk) 18:14, 26 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Or Draftify The hurdle here is WP:NALBUMS, I did a google book search and found several minor mentions. Wasted Time R your link shows mentions, but you have not shown that it meets any of the criteria in WP:NALBUMS if you can show that it meets any criteria I would be happy to change my vote. Jeepday (talk) 13:36, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The music notability criteria are largely oriented towards the modern music industry and are not very useful for a piece composed and popularized in 1908. I've captured the edit view of the article and after it's deleted and when I have a chance I will look at recreating it with the sources in these old newspaper articles. I'm guessing that I'll be able to come up with something solid enough to take to DYK. But I won't know for sure until I try it. Wasted Time R (talk) 14:28, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wasted Time R You can request that the article be turned into a draft WP:DRAFT This is often an option in place of deletion where someone wants to try and rescue an article and there is potential for it to be saved. I have updated my vote to support that option. Jeepday (talk) 14:58, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. Needs more sourcesJenyire2 (talk) 18:31, 27 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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