Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chocolate Salty Balls

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.

The result was Keep – PeaceNT 06:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chocolate Salty Balls

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Whaa? How is a made up confection used in one south park episode (and, admittedly a song from said episode) notable enough for its own article. Dåvid ƒuchs (talk • contribs) 16:36, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Keep. An article over a non-notable episode scene which isn't significant to the fanbase or otherwise notable. Merely deserves to be merged with Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls, in which case should be cleaned of original research. Michaelas10 (Talk) 16:51, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete agree with above, and the template at the bottom will need to be fixed also. SGGH 16:57, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect to Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls. --- RockMFR 17:03, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - food item is less than notable but the song is an international number one hit. Needs to be properly sourced but a chart-topping single has sufficient notability to sustain an article. Otto4711 17:13, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: If references can be found for that before the end of the AfD, then keep. Otherwise, Merge and Redirect as above. J Milburn 17:18, 23 January 2007 (UTC) Source now found, keep as below, as long as the article is written to be primarily about the song. J Milburn 00:12, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
  • International number one hit? Really? Nothing in billboard.com even indicates it was released as single, not to mention a charting one. Provide a reliable source for your arguement. Michaelas10 (Talk) 18:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
    • It is a one-hit wonder that was #1 for one week in the U.K.. Uncle G 19:06, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per Otto4711. --- RockMFR 17:31, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep provided references provided for song As per Otto, the song is probably notable enough for an article. However, the article needs to provide some references to verify that it was a "chart topping single" and to provide published sources for the other information. If it turns out the information is all unverifiable, then delete. Dugwiki 18:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect Funny, I usually hear "international number one hits." Edison 19:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - UK Number one single - see [1] - fchd 19:59, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per Michaelas10 and fchd. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 21:00, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletions. -- SkierRMH 21:06, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per Christophe —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.246.25.153 (talk • contribs) 20:13, 23 January 2007.
• Keep. Hit song that reached number 1 in England and was a big hit in Australia. Capitalistroadster 00:57, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Please note that this isn't about teh hit song. It's talking about the confection itself. And a fake chocolate item used in a gag and song does not a notable article make. Dåvid ƒuchs (talk • contribs) 01:52, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

• WHich is an argument for re-writing the article to include the information on the song while also preserving the information about the confection, rather than deleting. Otto4711 21:57, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

• Conditional Keep per Dugwiki. JuJube 01:20, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep with a massive caveat, that being that the article needs to be rewritten in order to emphasise (and contain sources) demonstrating that the song was a hit in the UK and/or elsewhere and that the song was inspired by this particular event on the show. As it is, it's an article about a joke on the show which only seems to have appeared in one episode, with the number 1 single fact largely an afterthought. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 07:32, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per BigHaz. —JonMoore 17:27, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per Otto4711 Captain Infinity 00:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep p. Otto4711/BigHaz --Targetter ^{(Lock On)} 03:15, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge with the episode and song, but this recipe hasn't taken on a life outside of those two things - unlike the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch which is more notable, but still borderline as an article. Totnesmartin 20:53, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strong delete. If someone wants to edit the article to make it better, fine. If not, there's no harm in deleting the page and waiting for someone to come along and make a better article. AfD votes should not be reflections of what the article might be, someday - either fix it now or it needs to go. - Chardish 21:47, 27 January 2007 (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.