Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wihtgils


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The result was   keep. Stifle (talk) 15:05, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Wihtgils

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I can't find significant coverage for this real of mythological person. It looks like the only coverage is "A.D. 449 [...] Their leaders were two brothers, Hengest and Horsa; who were the sons of Wihtgils; Wihtgils was the son of Witta, Witta of Wecta, Wecta of Woden. From this Woden arose all our royal kindred, and that of the Southumbrians also." Joe Chill (talk) 01:25, 26 August 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:59, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * merge, no point in a standalone article, but the title can easily redirect to a discussion of Jutish or Anglo-Saxon genealogy. --dab (𒁳) 07:29, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:47, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

Keep. (Quasi)historical figure, coverage will generally be found mostly in specialized print works. It's not like we've got online access to the archives of the Southumbrian Daily News. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 00:37, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep If in the ASC, ev en the semi-mythological part, that's sufficient.    DGG ( talk ) 02:11, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge Somewhere. Dont see a need for an article with just one line Corpx (talk) 06:08, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge, having 318 Google Books hits is pretty good evidence for notability. Also search Witgils. Abductive  (reasoning) 06:49, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. This article may never be much larger than it is now, but as a legendary figure from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the name has survived and been studied for centuries. That is sufficient notability for our purposes, which is what I understand to be the basis for the nomination. Merge is fine if an appropriate target is identified, but the redirect should be kept as a search term. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  13:55, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
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