- 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 delete. The arguments to keep are quite weak, as there need to be sources discussing the topic of the list, not just each item in it. No apparent consensus on the proposed rename with what appears to be a substantively different scope. Vanamonde ( Talk) 21:19, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
List of primates of autocephalous and autonomous apostolic churches
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Article has been PROD'd and draftified twice and it still has no sources. –– FormalDude (talk) 12:55, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists of people, Religion, and Christianity. –– FormalDude (talk) 12:55, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Even with sources, the list itself is somewhat arbitrary, with a confusing title for the average user. We already have pages for lists of popes and the like. TNstingray ( talk) 13:03, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Unsourced material shouldn't be allowed to stay on Wikipedia indefinitely. It looks like with a more understandable title there could be a valuable article in the vicinity of this topic, but it would be better to start from the ground up with sources. Gazelle55 ( talk) 15:48, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
- Keep Each entry points to a WP page with references. If it is just a matter of copying a reference or two from each of those pages then ... ok. But while the article is without references, there is ample proof that references exist.
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talk) 02:31, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
- There's also the matter of WP:NOTDIRECTORY to consider. –– FormalDude (talk) 21:10, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
- Keep as blue linked lists can easily be referenced if necessary (for BLP reasons) Atlantic306 ( talk) 21:02, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
- Comment – If the article isn't deleted, perhaps we should rename it to "List of Eastern Orthodox primates" given no other churches are represented? Gazelle55 ( talk) 12:11, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
- Rename per Gazelle55 to "List of current Eastern Orthodox primates" (hopefully we don't need a note that clarifies we aren't talking about chimpanzees embracing theosis). The scope of this list under the current name is incredibly vague and susceptible to too much subjectivity. As a list of Eastern Orthodox primates, it would serve a valid and useful purpose. ~ Pbritti ( talk) 16:36, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
- Delete it will be incredibly difficult to draft a NPOV inclusion criteria for this article. 01:29, 28 September 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jahaza ( talk • contribs)
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