Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CHUM Chart

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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, though more references in the article would certainly help. — TKD::Talk 19:40, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CHUM Chart

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Individual charts for one particular radio stations? Let alone individual articles about all of the songs at number one for every year of the station's existence? This is not encyclopedic, it's just radiocruft. Corvus cornix 18:46, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Include the following:

  • Weak delete. Keep The CHUM chart is well known, OTOH the article is full of original research. GreenJoe 23:20, 31 July 2007 (UTC) I agree with Canuckle. Keep it without the original research. GreenJoe 00:53, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per "and was the longest-running Top 40 chart in the world". Resolute 23:31, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep w/o OR as per GreenJoe and Resolute. They even had 2 books about it [1], one of which had a bit of history to it apparently. Canuckle 00:37, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
And according to The Star, [2] "Back then a hit was a hit, and the CHUM Chart was untouchable" + "There were scandals and bent noses ... but for more than 20 years, the CHUM Chart ruled" + "CHUM was indisputably the engine that powered the Canadian music machine in its heyday...And the famous CHUM Chart, entrée to which guaranteed huge sales dividends, was compiled from information no more reliable than a handful of Toronto record store sales estimates" Canuckle 00:41, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
And a ref from the Canadian Encyclopedia [3] Canuckle 00:43, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep via Resolute's comment and one of the most known in Canada.JForget 02:25, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. The article needs lots of work, but the chart was groundbreaking and notable. Skeezix1000 15:39, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Individual radio station charts can be notable — not only was CHUM the single most influential Top 40 radio station in Canada for many years, and reportedly one of the five most influential Top 40 stations in all of North America, but the CHUM Chart database is the only searchable archive of Top 40 hits in Canada prior to 1964. (And even after 1964, it's still much easier to use than the royal pain in the keester that passes for the RPM database, but I digress.) I've removed the unencyclopedic OR speculation about charting patterns, although this could very well be expanded with some real history (hosts? Canuckle's Torstar refs?) So I guess I'm on the keep side. Bearcat 18:45, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as per Resolute and Bearcat --Paul Erik 05:39, 3 August 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.