Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black Man (Stevie Wonder song)

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. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 04:43, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Black Man (Stevie Wonder song)[edit]

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The article lacks citations, it's a list explaining the lyrics instead of content that explains why it's notable. It had no fame outside of the album Songs in the Key of Life so anything important about "Black Man" could go in that article instead. Does not follow music article standards for Wikipedia. Mrmoustache14 (talk) 02:39, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Mrmoustache14 (talk) 03:07, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - a book search reveals a number of hits, including :

"Specters of Democracy:Blackness and the Aesthetics of Politics in the Antebellum U.S " page 169
"A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America" page 187
"Icons of R&B and Soul: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles ; The Temptations ; The Supremes ; Stevie Wonder" page 322

I have nuked and paved the article so it now has these three book references and a better chance of being kept. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 09:59, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Although I will say I'm glad you've fixed almost every problem with the article, I still suggest at least a merge unless someone can turn this article into something more than a tiny stub. The list that used to be on the article was even helpful if someone could have found citations before adding it. I may add an info box, but even then this article would be way too short not to merge with Songs in the Key of Life. Mrmoustache14 (talk) 19:19, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 02:54, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep due to the excellent work by Ritchie333. There is nothing wrong with a brief, informative article on a notable song, and the article can certainly be expanded based on further research. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:01, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge - Give me one good reason this should be a separate article and not part of the Songs in the Key of Life article. It's talking about a song on said album and nothing independent of that. It isn't a single like "Sir Duke", "I Wish", "As", or "Another Star" and it didn't get massive amounts of airplay and a lot of covers and samples despite not being a single like "Pastime Paradise" and "Isn't She Lovely" did. It's just another song on the album and the tiny amount of source-able information only proves this. If anything in this article is importation information it would work better in Songs in the Key of Life. Mrmoustache14 (talk) 04:27, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. It seems like several reliable sources for this article have been found since it was nominated for deletion. 114.145.55.37 (talk) 07:12, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The sources provided by Ritchie333 make this stub meet WP:NSONG. Gobōnobō ⁺ ^c 20:27, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Notability has been shown. There is nothing wrong with stubs. SL93 (talk) 16:51, 11 August 2013 (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.