Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jailhouse rock

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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 No consensus. Stifle (talk) 20:03, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jailhouse rock

Jailhouse rock (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Delete. Lone source comes from a tripod website message board (WP:NOBJ). A martial arts style that may or may not have originated in jail?? Delete and turn the page into a disambig page. Endless Dan 12:38, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Comment. I'd like some expert input on this. The article seems to reference far more than a single web site, and lists a variety of published sources. These may have been added after the nomination, I don't know. The references seem to refer more to the concept of 52 Blocks, which may be a better title for this. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 13:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Very Weak Keep: Even weeding out references to the eponymous song, there are a lot of hits out there; I wouldn't call it a hoax, my personal observations about street fighting being a hell of a lot less about movie-driven forms and style than about beating the other guy down with a baseball bat. As it stands, though, the article is a mess, chockfull of speculation, original research and weasel wording.  RGTraynor  15:14, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment. If this article is kept, it needs to be renamed Jailhouse rock (fighting style) or something like that, and "Jailhouse rock" itself become a dab page. There is no way this can be considered the primary use of the term, not when it's overwhelmingly associated with the movie and song. If deleted, the definitely make it a dab page. 23skidoo (talk) 18:07, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
    • Agreed that if it's kept it should be renamed and then "Jailhouse" should be made into a dab. But I disagree about making a dab if it's deleted. There will only be two "Jailhouse" entries. A redirect and a hatnote will suffice. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 03:45, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
      • That works for me, too. 23skidoo (talk) 13:42, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nabla (talk) 01:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
  • If kept rename because this is obviously not the primary topic, and should be a dab page. 70.51.9.170 (talk) 06:18, 3 May 2008 (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.