Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of U.S. cities with African American majority populations


 * 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 of the debate was Speedy keep. -Doc ask? 09:24, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

List of U.S. cities with African American majority populations
If this said Jewish instead of African-Americans people would delete it for fear it is anti-semitic. Arniep 23:57, 17 November 2005 (UTC) I'm afraid you are wrong. If there was a list of Jewish Hall of Famers or members of Congress then people would click for curiosity's sake. It also provides a resource into how one of America's religions are represented in sports and politics. Thus, it is also interesting to see what citites have large black populations. This is not a racist list and a list of mostly Jewish towns would not be an Anti-Semetic one. IT would be informative. theremight, however, be people who used these lists for the wrong purposes. But the point of Wikipedia is to inform not to try to prevent people from reacting one way or another. Keep12.77.28.183 02:12, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep I don't understand whatever point the nominator is trying to make; useful list. CanadianCaesar 00:17, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * This private message sent to me by the nominator might be informative: Durova 00:50, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi, Jewish people are a diaspora and ethnicity just like African Americans. If you do not think that African American lists should be deleted then please change your vote on these lists. Arniep 18:25, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, the point is that these votes for deletion are not a fair measured way to delete things. Some things should be placed in a speedy process, yes, but other things that are clearly not frivolous or vandalism should require much more extensive discussion and debate over a longer period. Arniep 01:18, 18 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Although normally I'd vote on these things, I'm going to abstain from all Arniep's nominations today. There's something about the message that rubs the wrong way.  It seems to presume I'm either ignorant or bigoted. Durova 01:46, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * That was not my intention. I am just saying people have are being very quick to delete Jewish people lists because they fear anti-semitism was the motivation for the their creation when it was not, so people are actually discriminating against Jewish people by deleting them not protecting them. Arniep 02:45, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * If that is your reason then your message to me was highly inappropriate. I claimed no such view.  Try engaging those people in dialogue, rather than spamming the AfD board and targeting individuals who vote for other reasons. Durova 03:23, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep WP:POINT, bad faith nomination. --FuriousFreddy 01:25, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep all today's "List of..." nominations. WP:POINT.  This list of at least a dozen pointless (except to make a point) nominations represents a serious misuse of the AFD process; nominator should cut the crap or be blocked.  Bikeable 01:28, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep, bad faith nomination, WP:POINT. User:Zoe|(talk) 04:23, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep interesting, informative, substantial lists. - AdelaMae 04:32, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Useful for those who study demographics. Sjakkalle (Check!)  07:35, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Good demographic info, part of a slew of bad faith nominations. -- Jake 08:10, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Of all the pages that deal with U.S. cities that have non-White ethnic majority populations (see here), this page was the only one singled out for deletion. As a person who has contributed heavily to this page, I feel that it is informative and should be kept. --Acntx 08:17, 18 November 2005 (UTC)


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