Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of songs by African, Asian, Caribbean and Latin American artists which reached number one on the Hot 100 (US)

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The result was delete. Sr13 is almost Singularity 04:50, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of songs by African, Asian, Caribbean and Latin American artists which reached number one on the Hot 100 (US)

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This seems like a pretty good example of an agenda-oriented list. It essentially translates to (or at least intends to translate to) List of songs that reached one on Hot 100 by artists who aren't Caucasian without bothering to address why there should be nobility in such an intersection. Also, the specificity of the list (note this is merely top 100, not a "chart-topper") is unusual. Bulldog123 13:58, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

• Delete as nom Bulldog123 13:58, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. It is a list of Number 1's, however, I think it's a intersection of two unrelated topics and, as the nominator said, could be used as a soapbox of sorts. Useight 15:12, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete: per above; yet another portmanteau list. One wonders how much Caucasian blood would be enough to disqualify musicians from this "anything but the white oppressors" list.  RGTraynor  15:29, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - Criteria is way too general, resulting in loosely connected list elements. ◄Zahakiel► 17:41, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Agenda-oriented list that would be almost impossible to maintain. Realkyhick 17:47, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Either POV or just plain random. Why this and not List of songs by Eskimo, Belgian, Sudanese, and Paraguayan artists who reached number one on the Pakistani dance charts? What is the reason that this information in particular should be included? Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 20:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Why not List of songs that sold exactly 391,754 records by artists of Luxembourgish origin from countries whose names begin with I? Obviously agenda-oriented. Bart133 ^{(t) (c)} 21:11, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
• Comment: Nom is incorrect on a small point. Article says this is #1 hits and column does list weeks at #1. I could see list of non-US titles as having some legitimacy but this list counts Ricky Martin (Puerto Rico) and excludes Australians....??

Because Australians have their very own List of songs by Australian artists which reached number-one on the Hot 100 (USA), as do Canadians, Europeans, etc. If you are going to delete one list, delete them all. -LoserTalent 23:13, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Canuckle 23:05, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Ooh, can I make one up, too? Hmm... ::thinks:: how about List of songs by women under the age of 27 who have visited Timbuktu that reached number sixteen or higher on the Canadian pop charts? -- Kicking222 02:22, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

On the upside, I had no idea WP had an article about Here Comes the Hotstepper! What a great song! "Excuse me, Mr. Officer..." -- Kicking222 02:26, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep Quote from above: "It [the list] essentially translates to (or at least intends to translate to) List of songs that reached one on Hot 100 by artists who aren't Caucasian" Eh? Is the nominator suggesting that all the African-American artists who ever had a #1 hit were born in Africa? Big difference between Motown and Mozambique. Granted, the title of the article is silly, but the concept isn't. Most #1 hits in the USA have been by Americans and British artists, and that there have been only thirteen (13) artists who, as you so humorously say, "aren't Caucasian". Sadly, that's the only humorous comment on the board, and for different reasons than intended. I agree this probably should be taken down, and author should think of a different way to package this... other than ABBA, Bjork, Nena (99 Luftballons)... are there that many more Unamerican, Unbritish hit songs that we tolerate over here? Mandsford 03:24, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

• Is the nominator suggesting that all the African-American artists who ever had a #1 hit were born in Africa?
• What? There's obviously no restriction on African-Americans born in America. Beyonce and Jay-Z are on it. Bulldog123 12:58, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
• So if you agree that this page "probably should be taken down," why did you say Keep? If you think the content is important, that can surely be merged into a topic with a less silly title, after all. ◄Zahakiel► 14:16, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

• Delete whether or not this is an attempted grouping by race, it is arbitrary selection, no different than List of songs by people from a country starting with the letter B that reached number one on the Hot 100 (US) to make sure that we get the Brazilians and Bulgarians and Botswanans all together in one place. Carlossuarez46 21:39, 1 August 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.