Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Put On a Happy Face (song)

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The result was keep. RL0919 (talk) 20:10, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Put On a Happy Face (song)

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Notable song from the musical Bye Bye Birdie that doesn’t warrant its own article. Pahiy (talk) 18:01, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:14, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - I know the article is underwhelming...but isn’t this a pretty major song? I mean, I’ve never seen Bye Bye Birdie in my life, and I still know this song. Is there really not coverage? Was a
  WP:BEFORE search done? Sergecross73 msg me 19:20, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply
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• Switching to Keep in absence of any further clarification on this. Sergecross73 msg me 18:31, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep enough coverage so it warrants it own article on Wikipedia. JaneciaTaylor (talk) 20:58, 30 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and move to
  WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, it was even used in the recent movie Joker (2019 film) (as well as the main marketing tagline) and is a very widely known musical song on par with Singin' in the Rain (song) and It's the Hard Knock Life. It has also been featured in many, many other works of media._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 14:56, 1 December 2019 (UTC)[reply
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• Keep per the above discussion. The article is certainly in very poor shape, but that is a reason for an AfD. There seems to be enough coverage from third-party, reliable sources to support independent notability.
  Aoba47 (talk) 23:44, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply
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• Keep- Needs expansion, not deletion. The song is often discussed in books on broadway history and notable musicals: e.g. "Anything Goes: A History of American Musical Theatre" by E. Mordden or "They Made Us Happy" by A. Propst. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 15:03, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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