Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2009 February 6

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This is a list of redirects that have been proposed for deletion or other action on February 6, 2009

Black culture → African American culture

The result of the discussion was Disambiguate. I went ahead and put together a disambiguation, although it isn't "complete". If anyone has some time, they can go ahead and add to it. Tavix (talk) 00:16, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

This redirect should be removed because "African American" is NOT a synonym of "black". Treating it this way demonstrates US-centralism that should not be here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.221.231 (talk • contribs) 18:24 February 6, 2009

• Keep Of course it isn't a synonym, but people who search for "black culture" want to get to this article. It was used 419 times last month.--Patton^t/c 19:04, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
• Keep - we can't know what page those 419 searchers were seeking but the present target seems as plausible as any. TerriersFan (talk) 20:05, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
• delete as Black Culture is not limited to America. PaulJones (talk) 20:14, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
• Comment. I think this is a likely search term. This might be better off as a disambiguation page. Related articles:
  • Culture of Africa
  • African American culture
  • British African-Caribbean community#African-Caribbean culture in the United Kingdom

There may be other articles or sections of articles that would apply here. •••Life of Riley (talk) 02:14, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

• Disambiguate. This is a likely search term, it needs to have content, and the current content is not acceptable because it lacks a global perspective. I support Life of Riley's proposed disambiguation contents above, at least as a start. — Gavia immer (talk) 03:51, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
• Disambiguate. Life of Riley has a good point. Even if most of the searchers may have been looking for African American culture, there are other "black cultures" as well that people might search for. No harm in disambiguating. Adds global perspective. Graymornings_(talk) 04:42, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
• Disambiguate it doesn't matter if 419,000 other people were looking for it. It's wrong. A dab page should be made. JuJube (talk) 10:04, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
• Disambiguate is the kind of response I was mostly hoping for. While I accept that when many people say "black culture" they may be referring to African American culture, many other countries (for example, the UK) have "black cultures" themselves that are different.Kombucha (talk) 11:48, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
• Disambiguate: we know the redirect is used, we know there are other articles that the reader may be looking for, it makes sense to convert this to a disambiguation page. – The Parting Glass 14:47, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
• Dabify per above. This one will "grow" - I would recommend watching it as this will have edit war potential as a hot political topic. 147.70.242.54 (talk) 15:39, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

The above is preserved as the archive of a RfD nomination. Please do not modify it.