Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Catholic authors


 * 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 of the debate was no consensus. Default to keep. → Ξxtreme Unction {yak ł blah } 22:38, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

List of Catholic authors

 * Strong delete Utterly pointless list...next there's gonna be list of Christian authors Good luck with that one 65.9.143.76 23:40, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep-I see I spoke too soon to someone doing bad faith deletion votes. Anyway this is suspicious. Actually it's more then suspicious it's bordering on bigotry by someone who is not even registered. I think this list is far too long, but the religion of an author certainly can have a point and meaning to their work. If there are too many examples here of authors where the religion actually is not important to the writing then remove those examples. I don't understand why some of you people jump to delete, couldn't you just try for cleanup or even merge before you go to this step?--T. Anthony 03:14, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now. &mdash;Crypticbot (operator) 15:58, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Anons can't nominate articles for deletion.Gateman1997 22:55, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure they can. &mdash;Cryptic (talk) 23:03, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep &mdash; Anons can nominate AfDs, but I think that's all the more reason to be cautious about deletion. :) I don't have a problem with a list of this type. Thanks. &mdash; RJH 23:17, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I would actually support a list of Christian authors. Why else would there be Christian book publishers. Someone's writing is influenced by one's faith. - Mgm|(talk) 16:58, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete This isn't a list of Christians who profess Catholicism in their writings -- if it was the list would be satisfactory. This is just a very broad list of CATHOLIC authors that is a plain joke to fill out. EscapeArtistsNeverDie 22:47, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Then it needs fixed, not eliminated.--T. Anthony 00:32, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I have worked on the list to make it more satisfactory in that manner. I've also changed the opening to be less lackadaisical in its criteria. It was a difficult job and it's not complete, but it's good for now I think.--T. Anthony 02:06, 20 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete list said above: unmaintainable 72.144.71.234 04:58, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
 * To others if I've removed many legitimate names feel free to put back, preferrably with a source.--T. Anthony 02:06, 20 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete too many to list. 65.10.44.158 23:00, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unmantainable.  Grue   17:26, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. Religion has direct bearing on an artist's outlook and thus on artistic creation + can't stomach what is starting to look like an orchestrated deletion campaign through anon nominations. --JJay 18:27, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Indeed. Checking the histories of 72.144.71.234, 65.9.143.76, and 65.10.44.158 their edits are mostly just votes to delete things. This is most true of the last of those three as s/he seems to have done nothing else except go to a talk page to complain about why someone voted keep.--T. Anthony 09:15, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * That's because their IPs probably only record what they've done at that time. Antidote 20:00, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Well maybe. Before I had a username though I had several edits under my IP address and I don't think any of them were on votes for deletions. I don't know why only those edits would show up if s/he's doing fine work otherwise.--T. Anthony 17:48, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Does that apply only to sock puppets, or to everybody? -- JJay 20:38, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * It applies to anonymous IPs. If we can get whoever voted with that IP to come back on and say he's a constant contributor then I'm sure it will show his other contributions for that session. Antidote 22:57, 27 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete or Prune to include only authors that wrote about Catholicism. Antidote 23:01, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as unmaintainable. Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; 10:21, 28 November 2005 (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.