Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jamaican folk music


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The result was keep. Article is in severe need of an overhaul, though. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 02:10, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Jamaican folk music

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This article has been in its present state pretty much since creation in 2008. It looks like the topic of Jamaican folk music is covered under Mento, which is a more complete article. It also looks like mento is the preferred term for the genre, although I could be wrong. Maybe this is salvageable by someone who knows better, but I dunno. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 07:28, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. North America1000 10:47, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Jamaica-related deletion discussions. North America1000 10:47, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Caribbean-related deletion discussions. North America1000 10:47, 6 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep. Clearly the article needs a great deal of work.  However, the terms "folk music" and mento are certainly not synonyms - mento is just one (late) variety of Jamaican folk music.  Much work needs to be done on the article, but the subject matter is notable, sources clearly exist, and the priority should be to use those sources to create a better article.  By the way, there is also Music of Jamaica (also a poorly referenced article) to throw into the mix.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:11, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep It appears that the relationship is something like nested subsets. Mento being a subset of Jamaican Folk Music which is, in turn, a subset of Music of Jamaica.  If that is the case, then there are certainly sources for Jamaican Folk Music as the Google Scholar search above indicates.  The state of the latter two articles is a content matter for their talk pages.  Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:59, 10 January 2017 (UTC)


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