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Not independently notable of the fiction itself, and otherwise a dictionary definition. There is insufficient third party coverage to make a stand-alone notable article, in accordance with the
general notability guideline.
Shooterwalker (
talk) 01:23, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
I'll work on expanding the article. For now, I believe that these sources demonstrate notability. —
Toughpigs (
talk) 01:48, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep - The article should definitely be expanded to have coverage of the event(s) that became real-world traditions, but there do seem to be quite a number of sources that discuss the phenomenon. I suggest that we might want to merge
Sadie Hawkins dance here, as well, to cover the entire breadth of the topic.
Rorshacma (
talk) 02:29, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Yes, there's a lot of overlap between the two; I agree that merging Sadie Hawkins dance into this article makes sense. —
Toughpigs (
talk) 02:45, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep. There is abundant significant coverage (just click on the links at the top of this page). Nominator clearly did not do
WP:BEFORE.
Softlavender (
talk) 06:45, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Speedy keep A fictional element that took on life in the real world and has had enduring cultural significance; 80 years later, it is
stillbeing"celebrated". edited to add: I just took a look at the shape the article was in when it was nominated, and it was an unsourced and rather sad article. However, a proper
WP:BEFORE would have shown the notability. Good work by
Toughpigs improving it.
Schazjmd(talk) 13:33, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Snow Keep as this is clearly notable per
Toughpigs, as well as a simple
WP:BEFORE as stated by
Schazjmd. Just the news and books links provided for Google searches turn up a plethora of information from tabloids to local press to national pop culture (People, Seventeen) all the way up to respected publications such as The Atlantic, Time, and The New York Times. I agree that a merge of some sort may not be a bad idea, but deciding the best spot to merge into doesn't need to hold up this AfD. (I would argue they should come into this article, though.) -
2pou (
talk) 22:18, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
KEEP I click Google news and the first results I see Seventeen magazine has an article titled What Even is a Sadie Hawkins Dance and Where Did It Come From?[1] and People magazine has Celebrate the History of Sadie Hawkins Day – in Real Life and on TV[2]. Please just search for references before nominating anything for deletion in the future.
DreamFocus 00:19, 10 July 2020 (UTC)reply
keep per the above arguments.
Artw (
talk) 05:46, 10 July 2020 (UTC)reply
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
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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.
Not independently notable of the fiction itself, and otherwise a dictionary definition. There is insufficient third party coverage to make a stand-alone notable article, in accordance with the
general notability guideline.
Shooterwalker (
talk) 01:23, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
I'll work on expanding the article. For now, I believe that these sources demonstrate notability. —
Toughpigs (
talk) 01:48, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep - The article should definitely be expanded to have coverage of the event(s) that became real-world traditions, but there do seem to be quite a number of sources that discuss the phenomenon. I suggest that we might want to merge
Sadie Hawkins dance here, as well, to cover the entire breadth of the topic.
Rorshacma (
talk) 02:29, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Yes, there's a lot of overlap between the two; I agree that merging Sadie Hawkins dance into this article makes sense. —
Toughpigs (
talk) 02:45, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep. There is abundant significant coverage (just click on the links at the top of this page). Nominator clearly did not do
WP:BEFORE.
Softlavender (
talk) 06:45, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Speedy keep A fictional element that took on life in the real world and has had enduring cultural significance; 80 years later, it is
stillbeing"celebrated". edited to add: I just took a look at the shape the article was in when it was nominated, and it was an unsourced and rather sad article. However, a proper
WP:BEFORE would have shown the notability. Good work by
Toughpigs improving it.
Schazjmd(talk) 13:33, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
Snow Keep as this is clearly notable per
Toughpigs, as well as a simple
WP:BEFORE as stated by
Schazjmd. Just the news and books links provided for Google searches turn up a plethora of information from tabloids to local press to national pop culture (People, Seventeen) all the way up to respected publications such as The Atlantic, Time, and The New York Times. I agree that a merge of some sort may not be a bad idea, but deciding the best spot to merge into doesn't need to hold up this AfD. (I would argue they should come into this article, though.) -
2pou (
talk) 22:18, 8 July 2020 (UTC)reply
KEEP I click Google news and the first results I see Seventeen magazine has an article titled What Even is a Sadie Hawkins Dance and Where Did It Come From?[1] and People magazine has Celebrate the History of Sadie Hawkins Day – in Real Life and on TV[2]. Please just search for references before nominating anything for deletion in the future.
DreamFocus 00:19, 10 July 2020 (UTC)reply
keep per the above arguments.
Artw (
talk) 05:46, 10 July 2020 (UTC)reply
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