Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chili's Babyback Ribs song

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The result of the debate was No consensus so it should probably be merged. --malathion talk 21:28, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chili's Babyback Ribs song

Come on...a page about an advertising jingle that isn't horribly notable? I mean, an article for Where's the Beef? is one thing, since it affected culture and was very popular, but this "song" doesn't deserve its own article by a long shot. ral315 05:41, July 31, 2005 (UTC)

  • Delete. True, but you gotta love how the author wrote the vocalizations of the tune, "Chilllliissss, babybacckkk ribbbs". Once this commercial reaches (or comes close to) the level of "Got Milk?" and "Where's the Beef?" then it'll deserve a page. Until then, it gave me a good chuckle. -mysekurity 05:55, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
    • And, should this article be deleted, I'd get rid of the redirect too. -mysekurity 05:56, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
    • Oh, I agree 100%. I love the jingle, but it's horribly non-notable. And to be honest, I doubt it will ever be notable- the commercials have been airing for years and aren't notable enough. ral315 06:05, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, many people know it and would want to be able to look it up. Kappa 06:07, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
    • Then they should look it up at Chili's, which I might add is a stub. K1Bond007 06:09, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep this song is notable enough that it has been parodied in Austin Powers II, where Fat bastard sings this song while hunting for a baby to eat. If deleted, this should be merged into Chili's so no information is lost. Klonimus 22:57, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, I don't really see how a specific jingle on it's own is deserving of it's own article. Add simple bullet to Jingle or merge info to Chili's simliar in style to Oscar Mayer and delete. K1Bond007 06:09, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
    • The information already exists, why should it have to be recreated? Kappa 06:31, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Merge to Chili's and cleanup. if there was some hard data, like the cpst of the ad campaign over a certain amount of time, or a name for that large black man who chimes in BARBEQUE SAUCE, there might be an argument for keeping it, but an anecdotal transcript of a commercial someone saw on tv doesnt really need a page of its own. Nateji77 06:38, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete flat-out, no redirect, no merge. --Angr/tɔk tə mi 07:46, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. "Many people" would want to look this up? Name one. Even the author of the article would never, in a hundred million years, want to look this up. If a million monkeys using a million Atari 400s were typing in wikipedia queries, the heat-death of the universe would arrive long before they tried to look this up. Nandesuka 12:26, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
    • I would like to be able to look this up. Kappa 01:11, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. There's no reason to believe this is any more notable than any other jingle. No merge, no redirect. Joyous (talk) 15:45, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete individual jingle are both uninteresting and non-notable until they do something that somehow makes them one or the other. Just like teenage bands. -Splash 18:01, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete for reasons stated. Might be worth a mention if there's an article on the restaurant chain itself, but it isn't worth an article. Besides, the title is useless with or without an Atari 400.  :) - Lucky 6.9 20:15, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Notable ad campaign and significant pop culture reference. 151.203.215.197 00:17, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Signing properly this time: Haikupoet 00:19, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Very famous. Everyking 00:18, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Anyone even have confirmation that this is the song's name? Mention it in the Chili's article if no one has yet (I bet they have). Nothing here; just another jingle. I suppose It's a Honey of an O, It's Honeynut Cherrios song will be next. -R. fiend 03:43, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete nn jingle. JamesBurns 05:16, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. I don't think this song has enough history to have its own page. Maybe include it in the Chili's page. And also note that this is not their only catchy ad campaign. (Anyone remember the Awesome Blossom commercials?) And how do we know he's a large black man?--Ylwsub68 12:36, August 1, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, notable song that has become larger then it's orginal intent and is now cultural. Gateman1997 21:47, 1 August 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.