Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Limbo (Brathwaite poem)


 * 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. Although a merger discussion would seem to be in order as many of these articles do not convey any meaningful information and are single line sub-stubs. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:49, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Limbo (Brathwaite poem)
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It lacks notability as it has not been expanded for three and half years and seems to be people writing out their English homework Lizzie Harrison (talk) 16:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC) I am also nominating the following related pages because also lack notability as individual articles:


 * Keep A number of these articles need some serious repair, but they don't appear fundamentally flawed to the point of warranting outright deletion. The anthology which includes the poems is notable in and of itself (and a few of these poem articles link back to the anthology as part of a series) and as such the poems are arguably warranted for inclusion. I don't think an article being broken is in and of itself grounds for deletion or evidence of non-notability. Ginsengbomb (talk) 20:15, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:13, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Delete the first named poem analysis in the Afd proposal. That particular article does not show notability. --Stormbay (talk) 04:29, 14 January 2010 (UTC) * maybe redirect the whole group to the AQA Anthology article. --Stormbay (talk) 04:09, 15 January 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NW ( Talk ) 05:03, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The proposer's arguments are not reasons to delete. Homework can be used as an article.  Articles do not have to expand to survive here.  The question should be is whether these are notable as individual articles.  People studying them as homework, does suggest that they are notable. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:45, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Merge all into AQA Anthology, unless the poems are individually notable. No need to have so many stubs. Ivanvector (talk) 09:53, 21 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree with the merge all idea. The anthology itself is not particularly notable so merging the individual poems makes sense. --Stormbay (talk) 16:07, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Scott Mac (Doc) 23:28, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep - The very fact these poems are included in the anthology is a good case for notability. I don't know if merging is the best idea, because the poems however do not have relevance only as part of an anthology, and are best discussed separately. -- Cycl o pia talk  00:02, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


 * The problem I have with the individual poems is that they do not reach a level of notability to justify individual articles. Much of their recognition value derives from their exposure in the anthology. I don't feel they stand alone. Even an anthology of this type has minimal notability for inclusion here, in my mind. I understand it to be an assigned text. That says a great deal about the importance of all the material in terms of this encyclopedia. Stormbay (talk)


 * Keep You can't merge them all, the article would be too long. Are there any of those listed which anyone doubts are taught in English schools, that meaning millions of children study them?  The only thing they have in common is that they are taught in schools, and are thus approved by a notable organization.  The AQA Anthology is a collection of poems and short texts which are studied in English schools for GCSE English and English Literature, produced by the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (the AQA).   D r e a m Focus  20:33, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge, Ivanvector has it right. The best option here is to have an article containing all the AQA study poems, with a main note for those which are more than a stub. , those with their own article will be wikilinked. Most on this list are very short indeed.  pablo hablo. 22:13, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep Taught in all schools and modern classics. If they were 50 years older the delete would not be considered. Josh Holloway  00:40, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * merge excessive fragmentation. I do not see how the merged article would be too long, as the individual ones here are only about one short paragraph each.    DGG ( talk ) 04:30, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - The very fact these poems are included in the anthology demonstrates notability.  Being included in a mainstream secondary school syllabus, they will have been written about in study guides, so sources could be found to improve each article.  If this was a group of songs, video games, tv episodes or bits of software, that degree of coverage would be enough for even a stubby article to be assured of a keep  --Sussexonian (talk) 19:31, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 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.