Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Free will in antiquity


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The result was keep. Discussion regarding ways to move forward with the article, along with a potential page move, can be further discussed on its talk page. North America1000 18:26, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Free will in antiquity

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As seen at Articles for deletion/Two-stage model of free will, the article creator, User:Cmsreview, started a bunch of articles on the same general topic area of free will, with no real sources writing about the specific article topic, and the text based on a patchwork of sources to create a synthesis of research unsupported as a whole by reliable sources. Binksternet (talk) 03:44, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom Snowded  TALK 04:34, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * KEEP and rewrite? Free will in antiquity is a perfectly valid subject. The main sources are Aristotle's sea-battle problem in On interpretation and Cicero's discussion of the sceptics in De Fato. Unless there is another article already on this subject? Peter Damian (talk) 07:46, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:27, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philosophy-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:27, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep possibly as Greek philosophical views on free will, or something like that. I appreciate that one of the philosophers was from Alexandria, but his name is Greek, so that he was clearly an ethnic Greek, not an ethnic Egyptian.  Peterkingiron (talk) 12:59, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 09:10, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep The nomination is a cookie-cutter one based mainly on the idea that this was written by a particular editor. There's no detailed consideration of the particular topic but it is easy to demonstrate that it is notable.  For example, see A Free Will: Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought by Michael Frede.  Please see WP:BEFORE and WP:NOTCLEANUP. Andrew D. (talk) 08:52, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Alternative rename (I voted above) Free will in ancient philosophy. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:19, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment Excellent idea and I support.Peter Damian (talk) 18:46, 26 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep, support rename to Free will in ancient philosophy  —Мандичка YO 😜 16:41, 30 May 2015 (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.