Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard the Lionheart's encounters with lions


 * 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 delete essay per consensus. Doczilla @SUPERHEROLOGIST 07:28, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Richard the Lionheart's encounters with lions

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No reason for this article to exist. The only subsection of this article that actually talks about Richard the Lionheart and lions is 1.3, which is more or less a paragraph and can easily be merged to the main biographical article. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 11:17, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 11:17, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 11:17, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 11:17, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Merge I absolutely love the title of this article and would like to keep it for that reason; however, I do agree with nom that section 1.3 should be merged into Richard the Lionheart and the rest not merged as it largely seems to be covered in Lion (heraldry), English heraldry, and History of lions in Europe. If there are gaps in those articles that could be filled in by this article that could be worthwhile doing as well, but I'm not sure if merging into different articles would mess up WP:HISTORYMERGE/make it impossible. snood1205(Say Hi! (talk)) 14:33, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. The title implies that Richard the Lionheart did encounter a lion on more than one occasion, but the text of the article suggests that he never did. Hence, this article seems to have no reason to exist. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 20:52, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - A creative title which has undoubtedly would make for an interesting article on a website, but it is not encyclopaedic (as well as lacking in notability as a subject) and not for Wikipedia. However, I agree 1.3 could be merged into the main article. Dunarc (talk) 23:43, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Right up there with Eldrick Woods' encounters with tigers or Paul Bryant's encounters with bears (oh, my!). Not sure if the paragraph about the origin of the epithet in Richard I of England needs merging to, but maybe some of the references could go there? Clarityfiend (talk) 06:59, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete/minimal merge -- I agree with snood1205. This is an ESSAY dealing with a non-existent speculation.  Peterkingiron (talk) 14:06, 17 December 2021 (UTC)


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