Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seneca mythology


 * 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. A possible rename can be discussed on the article talk page since there is no consensus here on the subject. Editors are encouraged to expand this article. Liz Read! Talk! 22:20, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Seneca mythology

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This is basically a list article, of which most entries don’t have articles of their own, that lacks content, reliable sources, apparently is an orphan except links only by template:religious topics. Any real material here should probably be merged into Iroquois mythology, but there isn't much. Peter Flass (talk) 15:01, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2022 November 28.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 22:15, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mythology-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:32, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fine by me, since it's insulting to call Native religions "mythology" and usually any concrete information is only meant for community members, not the general public. Yuchitown (talk) 15:20, 29 November 2022 (UTC)Yuchitown
 * Does that also apply to Greek mythology, Roman mythology, Norse mythology, Celtic mythology, etc, etc? Or are you saying it only applies where religions have not generally been superseded by Christianity or another major religion? They are no more nor less mythology. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:06, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep The question how to properly phrase this notwithstanding, looking into the linked Google/Scholar/Books searches, there seem to be enough secondary sources to expand this very basic article into full-fledged one. Daranios (talk) 16:09, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * For now, why not just add a "religion" section to the Seneca people article? If it ever grew to a point that it needed its own article, then that would be easy enough to do. Yuchitown (talk) 18:35, 29 November 2022 (UTC)Yuchitown
 * The current article is not exactly long. So if we do not go below the information we have now (I am assuming in good faith that it's correct), then I am also fine with a merge and redirect to Seneca people as suggested. Daranios (talk) 20:33, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename it to something like (List of) Seneca deities etc. oncamera  (talk page) 23:45, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I’m not sure “deities” would be the correct term.Peter Flass (talk) 20:51, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Clearly a notable topic, although it needs rewriting. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:04, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Iroquois mythology is a much more developed artivle, and there is considerable overlap.Peter Flass (talk) 20:53, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep The subject heading, "Seneca mythology" (and there are other related terms but this one is dead on) brings up 7 books in the Library of Congress catalog, such as: So I'm pretty sure that this stub can be expanded with substantial sources. Lamona (talk) 04:44, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a stub, but the topic seems notable. 2600:4040:90C5:8000:B11F:818B:48F1:A0FD (talk) 01:23, 5 December 2022 (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.