Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marian apparition


 * 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. (non-admin closure) &mdash;  History2007 talk contribs   02:17, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Marian apparition

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Redundant content fork
 * Duplicates multiple "Marian" articles including all of the Our Lady of articles such as Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of Fatima, etc. Malke 2010 (talk) 04:49, 1 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep per WP:SK #2.4, as being discussed on Articles for deletion/Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic). This article's Afd is part of a larger, "mass Afd issue" being discussed at length here. Please see that page so the same discussion does not get repeated on multiple pages. Thanks. History2007 (talk) 12:29, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: There is no such "mass AfD issue" being discussed on the AfD for Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic).  Everyone should focus only on the merits of either deleting or keeping this article.  Note also the usual "supporters" on both articles.  Thanks.  Malke 2010 (talk) 14:43, 1 December 2010 (UTC)Malke 2010 (talk) 14:42, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep per WP:SK #2.4. Content dispute and WP:POINT best worked out elsewhere. Marauder40 (talk) 14:47, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: If not speedy keep, definitly keep on this article.  This is a perfect portal type article for the various apparitions and a good catch-all for the apparitions that are not big enough for their own seperate article.Marauder40 (talk) 19:22, 3 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep the Our Lady pages are about SPECIFIC Marian apparitions, while this page (which is filled with good information and most-deffinetly notable and worthy of its own article) is about the beliefs in Marian apparitions. Just like we have an article on the Catholic Church, but also Catholicism in the USA, Catholicism in France, etc. --Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 21:45, 1 December 2010 (*UTC)
 * Comment: It's best to follow Wikipedia policy regarding redundant content forks.  The content duplicates the dozen or more articles that already cover this topic.Malke 2010 (talk) 19:08, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Malke, just quit it. Deleting all these pages solves and improves nothing. --Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 02:49, 4 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep. This is not a fork nor a mere duplication of information available in other articles. There is a lot of worthwhile, properly cited background material here. --Bluejay Young (talk) 07:16, 5 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment/Speedy keep: This is a redundant content fork, but I agree with the suggestions made elsewhere that are an RfC to decide how best to merge these multiple articles is the best way to handle them, so I've asked an admin to close with speedy keep.  Malke 2010 (talk) 17:49, 5 December 2010 (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.