Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vinidarius


 * 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. No consensus for or against a merger, but clear consensus that the topic is notable. Vanamonde (Talk) 16:06, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Vinidarius

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As the page itself says, little is known about this character - or even if he even existed - and as the talkpage suggested in 2009 there's nothing here that wouldn't fit at Apicius. JMWt (talk) 15:28, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 16:08, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:40, 15 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep or Merge into Apicius. The content here is obviously encyclopedic and belongs on Wikipedia; someone searching for Vinidarius or his manuscript should find an article that provides this information, and that will only happen if the content is kept or merged into another article.  If it isn't under his name or that of his book, then it should be under Apicius—if it doesn't seem to fit there, then it should probably stay where it is.  Either way, deletion is the wrong procedure; that eliminates the content rather than placing it in an appropriate location, without leaving a redirect, or preserving the article's history.  We don't delete articles because relatively little is known about their subjects, or because scholars express doubts as to whether the person's correct name is known; presumably somebody compiled the book, even if "Vinidarius" was a pseudonym—and even if we knew that it was a pseudonym, we would have to call him "Vinidarius" as long as we don't know what else to call him, and in any case we would still have to mention that the author is identified as "Vinidarius".  P Aculeius (talk) 13:16, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per P Aculeius. Could be merged uncontroversially, so why AFD? Srnec (talk) 13:50, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep - we don't keep articles about little-known people either. We delete articles about folks, who while might be interesting, do not have enough coverage to pass WP:GNG, which this article clearly does not have.  However, this, this, and this would put them over the bar in terms of notability.  Will add them to the article. Onel 5969  TT me 12:52, 22 October 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.