Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Polydeism (2nd nomination)

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The result was merge to Polytheism. MBisanz ^talk 02:23, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Polydeism

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I argued against the deletion of this article over a decade ago, but I have revisited it, and no longer believe that it can survive in accordance with Wikipedia's standards for inclusion. The article remains a mix of several unrelated ideas for which the available sources are poor and anticipated better sources were never found. I would now delete. bd2412 T 03:10, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

comment Almost all hits for this clearly mean what is more commonly called polytheism. I need to take a little time looking at the cites, but my sense is that using it to mean multiple, non-intervening deities is a coinage which hasn't really caught on. Possibly merger is the solution. Mangoe (talk) 19:13, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- A merge and redirect would be an acceptable solution, if there is enough content to justify mentioning this in Polytheism. bd2412 T 12:32, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The article only demonstates that a very few people have ever advocated the idea, and some of them clearly never by name. It is not a widely studied or accepted idea and shows no sign of meriting its own article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:45, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Merge or keep, the presentation of the ideas in this article is a bit off, but it can certainly be improved, whether in this article or at the Polytheism article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davey2116 (talk • contribs) 05:33, 15 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:44, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 06:44, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:57, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and merge a brief description of the concept into the polytheism article. I couldn't find anyone who supports actually takes a polydeist position, save a parody facebook page. Alex (Talk) 20:43, 19 February 2018 (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.