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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:30, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas Eve in My Home Town

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The song Christmas Eve in My Home Town is arguably notable, as it appears to have been "independently released as a recording by several notable artists, bands, or groups" per WP:NSONG. However, there is no source to suggest this, as the article is sourced to a single reference. Search doesn't throw them all up and, particularly, doesn't show significant coverage from independent sources. A move to draftify failed as there is a draft for this article, which the author was perfectly well aware of when creating this article - which was a bit odd if you ask me. Delete this, keep the draft, is my suggestion placed before your graces. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:33, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Albums and songs, Music, and United States of America. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:33, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I apologize if I created two entries for Wikipedia (the draft mentioned above). I have, in the past, made edits to pages, but never attempted to create a new entry and clearly I biffed it. The oddity mentioned is merely my thinking I was updating or altering the status of one entry, not creating a second (which was the result).

I do believe the song is notable enough to earn an entry - however, I am not skilled at finding suitable sources. I would appreciate any assistance which can be given to flesh out the entry or edit it appropriately. Rstrother (talk) 16:10, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Draft:Christmas Eve in My Home Town is currently a redirect to the mainspace article, having been rejected in August and redirected three days later. The draft just before it was rejected had only the same single source as mainspace.

As nominator mentions, there's a very good chance this could pass NSONG given artists such as Eddie Fisher and Bobby Vinton have apparently recorded it, but additional sources regarding those recordings are needed to verify their existence. QuietHere (talk) 21:34, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:50, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Weakest of Keep (and only provisionally) if the author provides proper citations. (If) what is said in the article is true, the song appears to be notable. However, unless the author can provide citations, it has to be deleted. It's me... Sallicio!^{$\color {Red}\oplus$} 15:02, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete but with the same keep provision Sallicio mentioned above. QuietHere (talk) 08:54, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:NSONG per nom. A WP:BEFORE shows some mentions in directories. SBKSPP (talk) 07:47, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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