Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antipope John VIII


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The result was  k eep. - Mailer Diablo 10:34, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Antipope John VIII

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The article is 13 words long and the only information provided that is not in the title is a date. This is provided in Antipope. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dddstone (talk • contribs) 12:48, 17 January 2007
 * Keep. The article is a stub because some disputed material was removed. See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antipope_John_VIII&oldid=22136717 A verifiable reference might be found in Annuario Pontificio, but I don't have access to a copy of the book. Stubs should be kept so that they can eventually be expanded. --Eastmain 23:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep; all articles have to start somewhere, and we obviously want an expanded article on him (seeing as he was the Antipope and all ;-). Kirill Lokshin 23:44, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as for Eastmain by Snowolf (talk) on  23:52, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep He is notable and we should have a better article on him. --Banana04131 00:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep; obviously notable. Length of article has nothing to do with the decision whether we want an article on this topic or not. Owen&times; &#9742;  01:17, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. What information is available on him? Google Books and Google Scholar come up empty. . Capitalistroadster 01:36, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete? I'm not sure really, but the references provided within the article do not work.  If reliable sources are added prior to the close of this discussion, then keep, but otherwise abort and try again later.  RFerreira 21:40, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The eLibrary links provided appear to be a subscriber-only service. I would prefer a free resource, but at least they're references. eLibrary is operated by ProQuest, a reliable aggregator of information, rather like Thomson Gale, which powers findarticles.com --Eastmain 21:56, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I added the source and will try and find another one. The only thing it references is that he is sometimes called simply Pope John. --Banana04131 01:20, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. Antipopes are historic figures in the Catholic Church.  --Oakshade 06:36, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete since I can't see any sources either, as apitalistroadster notes. Antipopes are notable, but thios particular antipope? Guy (Help!) 23:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Pope Sergius II where the matter is mentioned; there appears to be nothing more to say than is already said. Angus McLellan (Talk) 16:39, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


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