Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Playground song

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 per consensus and improvement. Peacent 16:40, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Playground song

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A playground song is - wait for it, this is a real revelation - a song sung in the playground. Add a bit of original research ad personal opinion, and hey presto! an article. Guy (Help!) 20:31, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete unsourced, doesn't look like it could be sourced easily. JulesH 21:01, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
• Undecided. Do we have a category about "children's folklore" or something like that? I believe this sort of thing could be sourced. --Metropolitan90 23:08, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. The article is certainly stubby in its current form, and a better title might be found, but the topic is undoubtedly encyclopedic. With some judicious cleanup and expansion, including a good bibliography of relevant studies—like Iona and Peter Opie's classic The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren—it could be a good article that might spawn an interesting set of related articles (parallel to the ones already included under "Examples"). Deor 14:33, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, WjBscribe 03:39, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

• Weak keep. Deor beat me to referencing the Opies' wonderful Lore and Language. The article's not great now, but I do think there's room to grow here and a genuine child-folklore article might emerge. Ford MF 04:49, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Perfectly legitimate topic which needs expanding, especially as there may well be songs, playgrounds and even children outside America...I did some research, found there are children outside America and added some famous British playground songs. Nick mallory 08:23, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Could do with a bit of wikifying, the lead is pretty long, but is a decent article on a noteworthy topic - I remember half those songs from when I was younger. Matt - TheFearow 10:44, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Of course, clean-up would be nice but there is potential. Perhaps include a listing, or examples? I think a second on paragraph on paodies should be expanded because it is unique to this topic outside of the songs being found elsewhere. Jakerforever 14:48, 2 June 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.