Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edgar Allan Poe's literary influence


 * 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 Edgar Allan Poe. - Philippe 19:47, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

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This article was started before we had a handle on the main article on Edgar Allan Poe. Now that we've trimmed the fat on that article and brought it up to featured quality, this page on his literary influence is redundant. What is most important is already covered within the Poe article and the remainder is not verifiable. --Midnightdreary (talk) 21:56, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Edgar Allan Poe. Reyk  YO!  00:25, 1 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  23:23, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect not delete, so the history remains viewable -Hunting dog (talk) 07:55, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge. This seems a reasonable spin-off.  At minimum, the more detailed information about Poe's influence in France should be kept or merged somewhere, and this probably ought to remain a separate article for reasons of undue weight.  At least as far as the sections that interest me are concerned, I don't see a verifiability problem, and this seems better referenced than many articles. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 15:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment I should also note that a good portion of the information also appears in relevant articles such as C. Auguste Dupin and The Murders in the Rue Morgue (i.e. in relation to detective fiction). In fact, much of the sourced material in the literary influence article had to be culled from sourced information in other articles. I would definitely support a merge vote. --Midnightdreary (talk) 15:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Edgar Allan Poe. Actually, it probably doesn't even need the merge at this point, just a redirect. &mdash; Gwalla | Talk 15:51, 1 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Redirect Keeps history and would be most appropriate. Merge any info needed. — BQZip01 —  talk 05:45, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Awaiting completion of time, but nominator is welcome to Be Bold and do it himself/herself. — BQZip01 —  talk 05:48, 4 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete - in my view "Edgar Allan Poe's literary influence" is an awkward title; I would expect most users to search for "Edgar Allan Poe" instead. I see no need for merging (see nomination). Kind regards, Ryttaren (talk) 08:22, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Respectfully, this article has its place in Wikipedia as EAP has influenced literary works worldwide and conforms with WP:SUMMARY. The information is valid, it is simply a matter of finding its place in Wikipedia. If we incorporate it into EAP, no prob. If it remains its own separate article, I have no problem with it
 * This is true, and it is the reason why we forked it to begin with. Now, however, we have a fairly substantial discussion of Poe's influence in the article itself - and it's all sourced, unlike the information here. It seems to me that the need for a forked article is no longer there. I think at this point even a merge is pointless; a redirect should suffice. --Midnightdreary (talk) 21:32, 4 July 2008 (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.