Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Song of the Free

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The result was nomination withdrawn. Mindmatrix 16:50, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Transwiki'd to WikiSource s:Song of the Free billinghurst (talk) 01:19, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

*Speedy delete per A5 of the CSD. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 01:55, 29 March 2009 (UTC) changed to Keep. Agree with Letsdrinktea (talk · contribs). ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 02:31, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep The article does not consist of the lyrics alone, they can be removed and there would still be a valid stub article LetsdrinkTea 01:59, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep mostly per above. The lyrics should go, but it would make an adequate stub as there's no place we can viably redirect this. ThemFromSpace 05:43, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Criteria for films and other creative works suggest that works selected for preservation in archives are notable. Since this song is archived, it appears to meet inclusion criteria even if it is missing some crucial information. It's therefore a valid stub. - Mgm|^(talk) 13:57, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: first, let me note that I wrote the article. I can understand the nomination, since there may not be sufficient information to be found to expand this article beyond a long stub. I don't think it warrants deletion though. It can either be kept as a perpetual stub, or it can be merged into any of various other articles. The obvious choice is Underground Railroad. I would have considered Songs of the Underground Railroad, but its focus seems to be about urban legends. (Aside: should it be?) Another option is Slavery in Canada, though that seems inappropriate given the nature of this song/poem. I'll leave it for others to form consensus about this. I've also expanded the article, and removed all but the first stanza of the song from it. Mindmatrix 22:33, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Withdraw nom. The article had {{Copy to Wikisource}} and it seems evident that it should have had {{Copy section to Wikisource}}. -- billinghurst (talk) 00:25, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.