Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black music

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 speedy keep. Per speedy keep#1, the nominator has withdrawn their nomination and there are no other arguments for deletion. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 14:41, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Black music

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The term "black music" could potentially be seen as disparaging, and the article itself is based on a stereotype that black artists write similar types of music to one another. Ches (talk) 19:40, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Musa Talk 20:35, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Musa Talk 20:35, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - This list opens up a lot of links. Originally, this list was only created as a redirect 1, which itself was pointed to yet another redirect 2, which pointed to African-American music. It was changed to a stub Black music is a term encompassing music produced or inspired by black people. In modern circles, this has come to usually refer to the great many music genres that have developed as a result of African American music. Over the years, it has become a list which seems to gleen the contents from other articles, but has no sourcing whatsoever. Not everybody in the countries listed are black, or consider themselves black, and a lot of the music listed is not exclusively black or has evolved exclusively from so-called "black" culture. — Maile (talk) 21:55, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It seems quite pointy to be nominating this for deletion during Black History Month. Anyway, the topic is quite notable as there are many books about it including:

R&B, Rhythm and Business: The Political Economy of Black Music
Lying Up a Nation: Race and Black Music
The Power of Black Music: Interpreting Its History from Africa to the United States
Cultural Codes: Makings of a Black Music Philosophy
Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital
Roots of Black Music: the vocal, instrumental, and dance heritage of Africa and Black America
Who's Who in Black Music
Giants of Black Music
Hard Bop: Jazz and Black Music 1955-1965
On this Day in Black Music History

The rest is then a matter of ordinary editing, not deletion, per WP:IMPERFECT, WP:BEFORE and WP:NOTCLEANUP. Andrew D. (talk) 23:24, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Davidson, I wasn't aware of that. My apologies, I am not being rude. --Ches (talk) 13:58, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I expect that Ches was acting in good faith; it just struck me as remarkable that, as many editors are busy working on articles about black history, we should have an attempt to get rid of such a major topic. Andrew D. (talk) 14:03, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Davidson, I was completely unaware of the fact that February is Black History Month. Had I known, I wouldn't have done this. I wasn't acting in bad faith. --Ches (talk) 14:07, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, but what now? If you've had second thoughts, you might reasonably withdraw the nomination per WP:WITHDRAWN. Andrew D. (talk) 14:12, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Davidson, yes, indeed, I am withdrawing my AFD request. --Ches (talk) 14:13, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Davidson, this may seem like a stupid question, but do I close this discussion with closing templates, or do I merely have to state that I have withdrawn my request? Thanks, --Ches (talk) 14:17, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You could close it but the process is fiddly so, if you've not done it before, then it's safest to just leave it and wait. An independent editor will turn up in due course and take care of it for us. Typically, this will be a non-admin closure. Andrew D. (talk) 14:22, 12 February 2016 (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 talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.