Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cave of Elijah


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The result was   keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:56, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Cave of Elijah

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This article contains only a close paraphrase of seven verses of the bible, together with a rather dim image of a "grotto" of unknown location. There are no references. if there is to be an article on this subject it needs to be started from scratch. SamuelTheGhost (talk) 14:43, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - Biblical legends are typically notable and it's of no surprise it took only a few seconds to find very significant coverage on this topic. . There are many more.  I'd like to see better written historical context of this legend, but that an article improvement issue and not a notability one.  As WP:BEFORE in WP:AFD states, a unreferenced or refimprove tag would've been more appropriate here than AfD.--Oakshade (talk) 17:19, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Snow Keep You will be hard pressed to find a Biblical reference that is not notable. --Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 20:22, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. Some responses and a little more explanation:
 * was already there without effect
 * The story already appears, more or less word for word the same, at Elijah. That version puts it into the right context, where it has some meaning. Duplication as a separate article adds nothing.
 * The cave as such is fairly incidental to the story, and its true location is of course unknown. There is perhaps more than one traditional identification of the cave. Far from referencing them, the article doen't even mention them. A duly referenced article on them might be of value, but it would be a completely different article from what's there now.
 * SamuelTheGhost (talk) 23:27, 1 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Elijah: This article is an almost complete duplication of what already exists in that section of the Elijah article. No need to have a separate about a cave that was only a small section of his life unless you are telling me that every itty bitty detail of him, including the things he done and places went do, deserves an article. The Legendary Ranger (talk) 00:55, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 14:19, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 14:19, 4 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep per Sue Rangell.  Automatic Strikeout  ( T •  C ) 02:14, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep: Topic is notable. - Ret.Prof (talk) 16:35, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
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