Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heidelberg University Faculty of Theology


 * 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 no consensus‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ and none likely to emerge. If editors are interested in discussing a merge, that can happen on the Talk. Star  Mississippi  14:20, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Heidelberg University Faculty of Theology

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Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Heidelberg_University_Faculty_of_Philosophy_and_History, I believe most of the individual faculties of this university do not merit having separate articles. Indefensible (talk) 03:28, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Schools, Christianity,  and Germany. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 04:46, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep. Individual faculties of a long-established large research university ought to be notable. There's no corresponding article in the German Wikipedia, but the German article on the university has a lot of information about theology. Searching for the German name might help. See  for Theologische Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg and    for Theologische Fakultät Heidelberg. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 04:51, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep I disagree with the outcome of the prior AfD and with this one. All four of the founding faculties of Heidelberg are independently notable, and possibly the non-founding faculties are as well. Here are some (German) sources that cover the Theology Faculty as their primary subject. No doubt additional coverage can be found in sources that cover the history of the university more generally.
 * (and following the "Universität Heidelberg Theological faculty" subject link on this page shows another 22 potential sources in total).
 * Jfire (talk) 04:51, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Jfire (talk) 04:51, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Jfire (talk) 04:51, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Jfire (talk) 04:51, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Jfire (talk) 04:51, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 05:29, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Heidelberg University per WP:ATD. I agree with Jfire and Eastmain that an article is theoretically possible with this topic. However, at this point the article is so underdeveloped that it is an unnecessary WP:CONTENTFORK of the main article and should be redirected to the university page until such time as an editor expands content to the point that a separate article is warranted.4meter4 (talk) 05:38, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * What part of WP:CONTENTFORK is relevant here? This would appear to fall under WP:SPINOFF which is described as an "acceptable type of content fork". Graham (talk) 05:03, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete - WP:OR The only source is the the Department's website, and the University itself. Please see Search: Faculty This is but one of countless "Faculty" AFDs on Wikipedia. Refer to the recently deleted (Oct 1, 2023) Heidelberg University Faculty of Philosophy and History. This is just more of the same: a 2008 copy and paste of the German-language online dept list of the university. It tells us absolutely nothing. — Maile  (talk) 12:06, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Relisting comment: It would help to get more opinions of the sources brought up in this discussion (along with those in the article). Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 06:27, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Redirect or delete - The article as it stands is a sub-stub with no sourcing, and nothing that would indicate a pass for this under WP:ORG. The proposed additional content is already in the parent article. It is notable that there is no DE wiki article for this faculty. FOARP (talk) 05:43, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 * When you say that there is nothing that would indicate that the subject would meet the standards of WP:ORG, are you taking into account the sources cited by ? Graham (talk) 05:03, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect - there's nothing here to show that it is independently notable. JMWt (talk) 09:53, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep – The above arguments for deletion are greatly deficient:
 * While I don't speak German, the German-language sources cited by would appear prima facie to suggest that the subject meets WP:GNG and WP:ORG.
 * WP:OR could not be much less relevant when the article's claims could easily be verified by one of the aforementioned sources.
 * WP:CONTENTFORK explicitly doesn't prohibit subarticles such as this one.
 * I would be open to hearing an argument on the basis of WP:NOPAGE; however, given the institution's history, I'm inclined to think that – once the article is fleshed out – the subject will be best covered in its own article. Graham (talk) 05:03, 27 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Keep per Graham Bookworm857158367 (talk) 07:23, 27 October 2023 (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.