Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glossary of Christian terms


 * 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   Transwiki to Wiktionary. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 21:52, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Glossary of Christian terms
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Other lists with much better defined topics, standard wikilinks in religious articles, and normal categories can and do serve the purpose of this glossary list. They do so without entering dictionary territory or the failings of such a broad and ill-defined article scope. Glossary entries are suited for dictionary projects, not this project. Content of this type is explicitly inappropriate for Wikipedia: "Wikipedia is not a dictionary, usage, or jargon guide." Export any useful content to Wiktionary. Vassyana (talk) 03:34, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Endorse Recommendation of Vassyana - Any useful content should be transferred to wiktionary. Frmatt (talk) 03:59, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Transwiki to wiktionary, wiktionary takes glossaries. 76.66.192.144 (talk) 04:34, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment The nominator seems to be arguing that WikiProject Glossaries shouldn't exist, and that all the articles at Portal:Contents/List of glossaries are inappropriate. I don't think WP:NOTDICTIONARY is intended to mean that gossaries should not exist if each of the articles linked to by the glossary are not just dictionary definitions.  A glossary can serve the same purpose as any other list by linking to multiple articles on the same subject in an organized way. Calathan (talk) 04:46, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment -- Transwiki is probably not the best solution in thus case as the article is in fact a list of links to WP articles. In order to transwiki, we would also have to transwiki (all or most) of the articles listed.  That might be appropriate, but would require a lot of work, and probably needs AFDs on each of those articles.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:11, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Wikipedia is not a dictionary/glossary/slang guide. JBsupreme (talk) 06:57, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I still think deleting this article for that reason does not agree with consensus. Please see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Glossaries for a list of past discussions on the inclusion of glossaries in Wikipedia.  If people now think there would be a consensus that glossaries are inappropriate for Wikipedia, then I think that should be discussed in a wider forum such as at WP:Requests for comment. Calathan (talk) 15:14, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The linked set of discussions does not affect this AfD greatly. There has been a lack of consensus regarding glossaries as a whole group for some years, with general opinion slowly tilting against glossaries. Beyond liking them and saying they are useful, one of the principal arguments put foward in their favor is that they exist and are not disputed/deleted. One of the main ways we determine deletion criteria is through AfDs. Regardless of all that, the general discussion about glossaries and your responses in no way addresses the first two sentances of my deletion rationale. Vassyana (talk) 22:15, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I Just want to mention that I haven't voted keep specifically because I haven't addressed the first two sentances of your deletion rationale. I have no opinion on whether this specific article should be kept or deleted. Calathan (talk) 22:34, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I see the distinction you are making. My apologies for misunderstanding. --Vassyana (talk) 22:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment - I'm not sure how to add a list of past AfDs to a discussion, but there were apparently several previous AfDs on this subject before it was renamed and then split. See Articles_for_deletion/Glossary_of_Jewish_and_Christian_terms. Calathan (talk) 15:20, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions.  --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  01:43, 21 August 2009 (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.