Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Hereditarian Belief

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The Hereditarian Belief
The only Google hits for hereditarian belief are when someone made it up with regard to genetics, not Wicca. Cmprince 04:00, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: I'm Gardnerian myself and I've never heard of it. -- Graham &#9786; | Talk 04:03, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless the claims made can be verified. - SimonP 04:14, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. The parts that would be interesting are not verifiable, and even then what's interesting about it?  It exists, that's all that's said about it. -- Antaeus Feldspar 04:21, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete unless Garboll can produce some references. --fvw *  05:12, 2004 Dec 28 (UTC)
 * Delete: DCEdwards1966 05:22, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
 * Weak delete or move. We actually could use an article on hereditary Wicca, addressing the question of whether such a thing exists.  Not sure that this minimal, inaccurate content is enough to preserve for such an article. -- Smerdis of Tlön 07:24, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Garboli has got only 3 edits - user page, user talk page (to avoid red links) and this keep vote. utcursch 10:46, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, no evidence this exists (and the poor writing doesn't help). Wyss 20:15, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, please. -Ld | talk 00:17, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. If it's just now been revealed publicly, it's hardly notable, even if it has been around for generations. And even if it were notable, the amount of information in the article is too minimal to instruct the "ignorant masses" (such as myself). Inky 04:09, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. It is a real and ancient belief system.  The reason it doesn't show up on google is because it has only just been revealed publicly that it has existed for generations. -- Garboll 04:13, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC) Note: this is Garboll's third edit, after his user page and user talk page.
 * Give us a break. If there is a notable Wiccan group that holds certain beliefs including the belief that their tradition is generations old (whether or not that is true), then write an article about that.  --BM 21:11, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep Msarmellwo 03:55, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) (Note: This is Msarmellwo only edit)
 * Weak Keep. Megan1967 02:13, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. There is a so-called "Hereditary Tradition" within modern religious Witchcraft that claims to be older than Wicca, although this is unlikely. However, due to the nature of its claims (that it is a secret tradition handed down within a family) it cannot be either proven or disproven until those supposed secrets are made public. Within modern Pagan discourse this is the first time that I have come across the term "hereditarian belief" and would therefore suggest that this entry is deleted in favour of one on the Hereditary Tradition, which at least does have the merit of being the topic of some discussion within the Pagan community.

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