Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Salt in the Bible


 * 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) GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 04:30, 16 September 2016 (UTC)

Salt in the Bible

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 * Delete as original research lacking secondary sources that discuss this topic or to confer specific notability of the topic. Of the sources listed, the only one that directly speaks to the topic is "versebyverse.com" (which fails WP:RS).  A cursory search indicates there are no academic publications dealing directly with "salt in the bible"; this article is just analysis done by Wikipedia editors.  / /Blaxthos ( t / c ) 00:33, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. North America1000 01:10, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
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 * Comment - Google scholar comes up with this article, which is about the history of salt in general, but seems to have (from the search summary) a section dealing specifically with biblical references. I do not have access to the full article to confirm in more detail.  I will leave determination as to whether this is a sufficient scholarly discussion to other wikipedians. Fieari (talk) 04:56, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep The article could certainly do with improvement and there are sources to draw on, for example . I don't see a benefit in preventing this from being done. Thincat (talk) 08:16, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge to (or from) Salt and light. This is a notable topic about which I am sure that sources can be found.  The passage in the Sermon on the Mount has certainly been the subject of much discussion.  Peterkingiron (talk) 13:45, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bible-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:57, 9 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep: notable subject as evidenced by articles in other publications - e.g. "Salt" in the New Bible Dictionary. StAnselm (talk) 19:18, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep primarily due to the sources found by Peterkingiron and Fieari. Aoba47 (talk) 05:21, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Almost any X, where "X in the Bible" exists (that is, if it is mentioned, someone will have published about it), will have sufficient RS commentary to meet the GNG. Jclemens (talk) 20:18, 14 September 2016 (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.