Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Reverend Mr. Black

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The result was keep‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:21, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Reverend Mr. Black

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No sources or citation showing noability, not sufficient coverage, Fails WP:NM PaulGamerBoy360 (talk) 21:50, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Albums and songs and Music. PaulGamerBoy360 (talk) 21:50, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep That's a classic song, and the article shows it's been recorded by many great musicians. Bkatcher (talk) 22:26, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep One of the most important, and often recorded, American folk songs. It was written by prolific 1960s songwriters Leiber and Stoller. — Maile (talk) 13:55, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete: I suggested that these two forgot they are trying to like it. See WP:ILIKEIT. CastJared (talk) 19:11, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Charted on the Hot 100 and R&B, so should pass WP:NSONG. Cannot only judge notability based on the sources already present on an article. Seacactus 13 (talk) 19:52, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Seacactus, and for reaching #8 on the Billboard chart.Lots of brief mentions in news stories, which do not satisfy nobility, and there's at least one paragraph in a book about the song, which would be a ref supporting notability, in addition to the guideline satisfied by it charting. "From Pentecostal to Episcopalian, by John Guice, 2010, page 22. https://books.google.com/books?id=eml3PDLe7Y4C&pg=PA22&dq=%22The+reverend+mr+black%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVnsu1k_D-AhVQjIkEHRpfA_g4ChC7BXoECAoQBw Edison (talk) 15:49, 12 May 2023 (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.