Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bust of Leopold II of Belgium, Ghent


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was redirect to List of statues of Leopold II of Belgium. Spartaz Humbug! 17:52, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Bust of Leopold II of Belgium, Ghent

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A non-notable statue does not become notable simply because it is removed. Although not a biography, the same principle as WP:ONEEVENT seems reasonably relevant here.

Aside from its removal which is already covered adequately at List of statues of Leopold II of Belgium, there is no significant coverage of this particular statue which is one among hundreds of minor local statues and plaques of Belgian monarchs, including tens or even hundreds depicting Leopold II, in the country. The fact we have an article at all smacks of WP:RECENTISM. —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:24, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:24, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Belgium-related deletion discussions. —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:24, 15 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep. Subject of multiple reports by reliable sources, thus passing WP:GNG. You can't just magic policies up out of nowhere by reinterpreting things like WP:ONEEVENT to mean whatever you like. -- The Anome (talk) 17:52, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Nice of you to assume good faith. If you read WP:GNG, you will see that "[a] topic is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received significant coverage (etc)". It then clarifies that meeting the criteria "is not a guarantee that a topic will necessarily be handled as a separate, stand-alone page.". As mentioned above, this subject is already handled amply in the List.—Brigade Piron (talk) 08:11, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Keep per discussion and sources. Page seems fine. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:09, 17 February 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   21:31, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Everything worth saying about this statue is said at List of statues of Leopold II of Belgium.  Athel cb (talk) 19:33, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 13:22, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 13:22, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of statues of Leopold II of Belgium, which adequately covers the subject and provides more context than a separate article can. I don't see that there is so much more to say about this particular sculpture that it can't be done in the list article. Vexations (talk) 14:43, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment -- The amount of text attached each entry in the list is quite substantial, compared to what a typical list has. We either need to merge all individual statues back to the list article or allow most to be kept.  One solution would be to keep the individual articles and purge the list of detail where there is a main article.  Peterkingiron (talk) 20:35, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Redirect to List of statues of Leopold II of Belgium. The other option would be a redirect to a list of statues in Ghent. Gusfriend (talk) 07:50, 1 March 2022 (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.