Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buddhist legends about Emperor Wu of Liang


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The result was withdrawn by nominator SudoGhost 19:09, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Buddhist legends about Emperor Wu of Liang

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Declined PROD. Article has been completely unsourced for five years, and it would likely be better to include any sourced information that does pop up in the Emperor Wu of Liang article. SudoGhost 20:55, 28 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Fiver years old and still zero sources. For starters, no indication of wp:notability. North8000 (talk) 22:46, 28 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge, then delete Any info that we can source, from say here, should just be merged into the existing Emperor Wu of Liang article.  After that delete. The Emperor's article isn't long enough at present to justify a section split.  tyvm Pudge MclameO (talk) 23:13, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions.  —&mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 23:38, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions.  —&mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 23:39, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Buddhism-related deletion discussions.  —Madalibi (talk) 03:45, 29 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge it appears to have enough useful info that it can be merged in to Emperor Wu of Liang article provided that such can be adequately sourced. - Metal lunchbox (talk) 23:52, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - merge and delete are not compatible suggestions. If content is merged into another article, then this one should become a redirect to the target article; it should not be deleted. Lady  of  Shalott  01:15, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * In this case though, there is nothing to merge. The entire article is unsourced. - SudoGhost 02:42, 29 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment. Not as simple as it seems. I agree that the article is verbose and completely unsourced, but such legends exist and they are central to the history of Buddhism in China. Let me try to abridge the whole thing and find a few reliable sources to prove notability. Then we can judge if we have enough material for an independent page or if have just enough to write a new sub-section in Emperor Wu of Liang.
 * Keep. I've thoroughly rewritten the lead and two of the four sections, trying to find references for every claim and deleting all the fluff that couldn't be sourced. There's still a lot to improve upon, but the many scholarly sources I found should be enough to prove notability for now. I think this topic should ideally be part of a broader wiki on Emperor Wu's policies toward Buddhism (there would be tons of sources on that), but the article under discussion, though still flawed, now seems too well referenced to be deleted. Madalibi (talk) 08:00, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree, there's been a lot done to the article since I went to sleep. I'll withdraw the nomination for deletion.  - SudoGhost 19:05, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * 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.