Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lamia (Basque mythology)


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The result was   keep. Reliable sources have been presented, which establishes notability. (non-admin closure) ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛  Talk Email 16:00, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Lamia (Basque mythology)

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Absolutely no reliable sources. Image on article has no source either. In order to get a Wikipedia article for itself a topic must get substantive, nontrivial coverage from multiple reliable sources. This has nothing. A web search shows mirrors of this article and the notoriously unreliable Encyclopedia Mythica. From reading the article it sounds like it deserves nothing more than a footnote on the main Lamia article or on something like Melusina or even Siren as a variant tale, but even there you would need a reliable source before you could do even that. DreamGuy (talk) 23:53, 11 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Oppose most of these mythology articles are really badly ref'd, I agree, but lamias are as common in Basque mythology as dwarves are in German mythology. Deletion is way over the top. Akerbeltz (talk) 10:16, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've added a bona fide ref for the first line, it's not that the topic is hard to ref, I just don't have the time and the other editors don't seem that bothered about refs, sadly. Akerbeltz (talk) 10:20, 12 July 2012 (UTC)


 * . Phil Bridger (talk) 13:02, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Google Books shows some refs, including these in full text and more snippets. I'm not entirely sure how distinct the Basque lamia is, which influences whether it merits a separate page rather than a merge, but it clearly has some coverage in independent sources. --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:30, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:38, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:39, 12 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Strong speedy keep. French version is a GA with 48 refs, including some in English. I've added one. Article needs a bit of work but not a candidate for deletion. Mcewan (talk) 14:55, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep as per Mcewan — extensive refs in fr.wiki show Lamia merits an article.—A bit iffy (talk) 19:20, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:HEY - it is being improved enough to keep. 17:42, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
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