Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cosmology


 * 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 keep per WP:SNOW. Evident consensus is that the topic is notable and that this is the wrong forum to discuss ordinary editorial concerns about how to organize material. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 21:37, 22 January 2022 (UTC) (non-admin closure)

Cosmology

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when people talk about cosmology, they mean either science i. e. a part of astronomy, or religious cosmology. The first meaning is described in the article physical cosmology (it seems to me that it is the primary topic, and it may be worth moving that article into just 'cosmology'), the second in the article religious cosmology. Cosmology looks now as an attempt for a WP:broad-concept article. But I do not think that a broad-concept article on this topic is possible. It is definetly fails "expert test": the expert on "cosmology" would need to have both physics and religiom in their knowledge base, along with philosophy.

Therefore, I think that it is necessary to disambiguate, i.e. replace it with Cosmology (disambiguation). Heanor (talk) 16:21, 20 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep - this is the wrong venue for discussing what is in essence an editorial discussion over content and a question of what the main topic vs. dab should be. Guettarda (talk) 16:33, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Guettarda, ok, where should we discuss this? I follow Broad-concept article. --Heanor (talk) 16:38, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I'd start by raising it on the article's talk page. Guettarda (talk) 17:23, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Astronomy-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:23, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: notable. Cosmology, "a branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of the universe; a theory or doctrine describing the natural order of the universe". Praemonitus (talk) 21:42, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Cosmology – the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and structure of the Universe – is certainly notable and the article breaches none of the main content policies. I also dare say it's the primary topic with the correct title; physical cosmology is a self-described branch and religious cosmology is not strictly a science. In any case, AfD is not the proper venue to discuss this. ComplexRational (talk) 21:52, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep per WP:SNOW PianoDan (talk) 22:29, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep I made the same mistake a while ago at Error, which is also a BCA that discusses multiple related meanings. –LaundryPizza03 ( d c̄ ) 22:50, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep per Guettarda et al. Using the normal editorial process to FIXIT seems like a good idea to me. AfD is not the correct mechanism. De Guerre (talk) 02:34, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Topic is both notable and encyclopedic. --Tryptofish (talk) 18:58, 21 January 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.