Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Education segregation in Mississippi Delta (2nd nomination)

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 keep. There's some suggestions here on how to improve the article, which might include a rename. All of that can be done without further AfD involvement. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:04, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Education segregation in Mississippi Delta[edit]

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essay entry, reads like someone's thesis, was not deleted as it should have been after 2010 afd, at best find a suitable merge target Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:40, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 05:01, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mississippi-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 05:01, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Neutral Delete. Note previous AfD was overturned at DRV to no consensus. This article lacks sources all together in some POVish sections, overall fails WP:NOTESSAY, and should probably not be standalone from an overall segregation article for Mississippi.Icewhiz (talk) 06:49, 12 November 2017 (UTC) Modified to neutral assuming rename + rewrite done as proposed below by Rhadow.Icewhiz (talk) 07:07, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Discrimination-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:21, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep unless someone can suggest a merge target. This is a poor article, but it does have academic sourcing. It is actually more about the desegregation process. Possibly restructuring it as Education in Sunflower County, Mississippi might provide it with more context. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:23, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and merge into Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945–1986 . All of the strong academic sourcing comes from this book. The rest of the sources are either (a) generic to desegregation in all of Mississippi, or (b) failed my efforts at verification. (I skimmed a copy of The Senator and the Sharecropper and could not find the quote.) Billhpike (talk) 15:24, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep and rename Educational segregation in Mississippi Delta or Educational segregation in Mississippi (or similar) per Rhadow and Smmurphy. Billhpike (talk) 17:40, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete/merge without redirect into Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945–1986 per Billhpike. Smmurphy^(Talk) 18:32, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- The article may not stay with the same title, but I will take responsibility to turn it into something useful. The problem with the article is that it is three book reviews, not an article. A better article would describe the context of segregation and desegregation in Sunflower and Bolivar counties (adjoining). Cleveland, MS (in Bolivar) fought integration in the the courts until this year, 2017. Closer -- If the vote is to delete, please leave me a copy. Rhadow (talk) 16:49, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I agree and am striking my !vote in support of the idea. I also think a different title would possibly be good (as suggested by Peterkingiron) and maybe in the meantime userfication (if that is ok with Rhadow). Once cleaned up, they can think about the best title. Smmurphy^(Talk) 17:23, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Easier to delete this one - whoch has the wrong title, is essentially an essay / couple of book reviews mostly focused on Drew (and not even the entire county!) - and start anew (with a copy pasted of whatever is useful here) then keep and hope this will happen (it did not since the last afd). HEY may be possible here (couple with a rename) - but you need to do it first!Icewhiz (talk) 21:50, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Icewhiz -- It's easier to be critical than creative. Rhadow (talk) 00:22, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I admire creativity, but in this case there is some legwork to be done.Icewhiz (talk) 07:06, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2017 November 16. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 22:37, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment While the developing ideas are not quite what I suggested. I would support them. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:15, 19 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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