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The result was keep. John254 01:50, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

1970s in literature[edit]

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This article reads like an essay focused almost completely on American literature. Did a cursory search and didn't see similar types of articles, I don't know if this could be expanded enough to have adequate referencing for worldwide encyclopedic coverage. Awotter (talk) 21:57, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Could definitely do with improvement but the subject is encyclopaedic and possibly useful. Thanks, George D. Watson (Dendodge).Talk^{Help and assistance} 22:21, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep A very useful topic for an encyclopedia. Does need a lot of work though. Wikify and possibly rename to something like "1970s in American literature" should do it.--Hazillow (talk) 23:22, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Very encyclopedic, there are two ways this article could go. Either the article is expanded to include other types of literature worldwide as the nominator suggests or made specific to american literature and have similar articles for other types of literature. Seddon69 (talk) 00:00, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- definitely a notable topic -- and remand to the Literature Wikiproject for cleanup, including to figure out whether to expand scope or rename to reflect current content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quasirandom (talk • contribs) 00:15, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Like these essential Wikipedia essays? 1960s in literature, 1980s in literature, 1990s in literature and 1400s in literature?Awotter (talk) 02:56, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Don't slip on the WP:WAX. --Dhartung | Talk 06:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, I would slap a ((globalize)) on it though. --Dhartung | Talk 06:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. It's a notable topic — but the article desperately needs referencing. Axl (talk) 09:53, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. It's a notable topic on a broad subject, only a portion of which is covered in the article's current form. Missing in-line citations and a SME. I gave a heads up to WikiProject Literature about the AfD nomination and opportunity to comment here. Coffee4me (talk) 23:51, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Notable, suitable topic, needs work. --Sturm 00:37, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• keep and improve and use as a model for similar articles for other time periods. Hmains (talk) 05:03, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Rename English Literature in the 1970s or Literature in English in the 1970s, and add a few more non-Americans. --Paularblaster (talk) 21:13, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Needs to be cleaned up and renamed. Could be a useful article once it is. Izzy007 Talk 23:08, 28 February 2008 (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.