Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of African-American writers
lists are better than categories ''precisely because of'' redlinks, which suggest articles that ought to be created. I'm uncertain why the risk of vandalism is greater here than in any other article, as how many authors have ever "passed" as African-American (John Howard Griffin excepted)? Any extraordinary claims -- e.g. Margaret Mitchell -- should be sourced per  regardless
— User:Dhartung, 13:02, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BLP (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)