Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of pagans


 * 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 keep. I encourage editors to follow up with this Keep decision to address opinions that this article should be split. Liz Read! Talk! 23:21, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

List of pagans

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"Pagan" can technically refer to literally every person that isn't Christian or Jewish according to the Christian definition. What this article seems to be attempting to do is list every single individual who belonged to an Indo-European religion, which would make this list impossibly large. Its also deeply anachronistic to refer to people this way. ★Trekker (talk) 21:13, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists of people, History,  and Religion. ★Trekker (talk) 21:13, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
 * It don't seem to be that large to me. And if that becomes a problem it can easily be split up in various sub-lists. // Liftarn (talk) 14:19, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thats not the only or main problem, "pagan" can be anyone that isn't Christian or Jewish, I don't think its something people should be listed as.★Trekker (talk) 14:55, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * This could be a valid list if it were renamed "List of modern pagans" (cf. modern paganism), and only listed people who self-identify as such. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 16:46, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes that could work, "Modern Pagan" is far better defined and people actually self-identify as such.★Trekker (talk) 17:33, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't it be better to call it Neo-Pagan then? // 31.211.241.121 (talk) 09:16, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Most modern pagans don't call themselves neo-pagans (see Modern paganism). Sojourner in the earth (talk) 09:33, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * While the term "neopagan" is disputed many (not all of course) people do consider themselves as "pagan" in modern day even if they do also subscribe to a more specific identity of faith.★Trekker (talk) 09:58, 18 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose. The list was never specifically about something Indo-European, but it originally only listed modern people. A better solution would be to remove the pre-moderns again and explicitly make it a list of modern pagans, as suggested above. Ffranc (talk) 10:27, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep or split -- I am not sure of the merits of some of the sections, but bringing together the final pre-Christian rulers of European lands may be useful. Modern neo-pagans should certainly be a separate list.  Peterkingiron (talk) 15:28, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Split per Peterkingiron. 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 13:50, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep and turn into set index for articles that can be split/merged. I will take care of List of pagans As it stands subject fails LISTN, mixes apples and oranges into a mess of unrelated items.  // Timothy :: talk  08:02, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Split the Slavic list entries into Outline of Slavic history and culture  // Timothy :: talk  08:06, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
 * This seems like the most intelligent and logical step. I support this.★Trekker (talk) 12:45, 21 March 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.