Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Racism in the early rock music


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The result was   delete. See also Articles for deletion/Racism in early 50's rock music. Peter Symonds ( talk ) 11:12, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Racism in the early rock music

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I tried to be gentle and let this be removed by a prod. But, incredibly, the author seems to think it is encyclopedic. I will just say "original research" and see what others think. &mdash; RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 07:20, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak delete The topic has some promise, and the content doesn't appear to be wrong exactly, but it does need sources to avoid WP:OR, and with a touchy subject like racism we should probably demand high-quality content rather than let it sit with cleanup tags. Melchoir (talk) 07:34, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - There is also an AfD on Racism in early 50's rock music Francium12 (talk) 08:24, 24 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge to Racism in early 50's rock music and rewrite with more sources to make it more encyclopedic. I would consider the topic to be relevant, but the article could use being expanded and carefully sourced. McMarcoP (talk) 09:54, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, original research. Stifle (talk) 10:28, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete unencyclopedic OR personal essay. There are two other articles about the same subject up for deletion (in the same AfD) right now, created by different authors. According to a post left on the talk page of one of these authors its another instance of a college professor/school teacher using Wikipedia to host students' essays. Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 13:20, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as original research. Some things are approximately right, some just wrong (African Americans were recording as early as the 1890s, and actively since the 1920s) but nothing is sourced.  I think an encyclopedic article could be written on this topic, but there's not enough to build on here.  ReverendWayne (talk) 14:41, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete This is the fourth example I've seen so far of an anonymous schoolteacher who assigned his or her students the topic of racism in 1950s rock music, then told them to post their homework on Wikipedia. See also Articles for deletion/Racism in early 50& and Articles for deletion/Racism in early rock music and Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Racism in the 1950's.  God only knows how many more of these are floating out there.  I'm gathering that the teacher has had them read a magazine article or a chapter in a book, and then they have to write an essay.  Of course, it's the students who get ridiculed.  Real classy, teach. Mandsford (talk) 16:34, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Also Music: racism in the 1950's and User:RhiannonP. I have done a search of new pages for "racism". I think we have got the lot as far as new pages goes. &mdash; RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 18:15, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Rock And Roll Music of the 1950s was another. &mdash; RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 08:11, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete a doo-wop-wop-wop. Not encyclopedic in this form. Someone whack the teacher with a guitar. Tony Fox (arf!) 20:49, 24 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete OR  Chzz  ►  09:16, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as with the other several near-identical articles... for all the reasons given, but essentially these are very clearly unreferenced original research essays. That's three strikes right there ;) – Kieran T  (' talk ') 10:58, 25 August 2009 (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.