Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Religion and 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 no consensus. - Mailer Diablo 08:10, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Religion and mythology

The sole purpose of this article seems to be to draw a distinction between the definition of the word "religion" and the word "mythology". Wikipedia is not a dictionary or usage guide, so this seems dubious. Of course there are huge variances in opinion on that issue, especially because "myth" has the connotation of "false" for many people. There are complaints on the talk page that this page does not treat this topic in a neutral fashion, and that it was created as a POV fork of the explanation given on mythology. Given that both religion and mythology are defined or at least explained in their respective articles, and can refer to each other as needed, this third article seems spurious. Beland 00:35, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. - Joshua Johaneman 01:00, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with religion and/or mythology --Ineffable3000 04:55, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep the similarity or differences between religion and mythology are a live debate. Perhaps it could be better named, but I've no suggestions. JASpencer 10:28, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, i think. It might need some help, but it does have references and it does seem like a valid topic. Maybe needs POV work, but that's no reason to delete it outright. Merging might be a good idea, too, although i'm not sure how that would work (adding it to both mythology and religion seems redundant to me). ~ lav-chan @ 11:40, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep the academic references establish parallels between religion and myth as a valid topic. Cleanup maybe, but I don't see why it should be deleted. Leibniz 16:08, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. The relationship between religion and mythology is complex and certainly a valid subject. Even if the article as it stands now is flawed, it remains helpful. - Smerdis of Tlön 16:26, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per above, and clean up where necessary. Yamaguchi先生 18:50, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Article coul do with some referencing from Freud's Totem and Taboo - same sort of area. Prickly topic which will be hard to avoid POV tags.Cas Liber 00:43, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete Mythology is one component of any religion. It outlast other components due to its literary value & recordability. So people get confused & imagine its a seperate thing. But Dante's Inferno, for example, will far outlast christianity. Maybe we out to merge to Mythology and explain that all religions consist largely of mythology in the religion article. JeffBurdges 20:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
• DeleteAll rekigions are in some way revealed. Mythology is not.--Anthony.bradbury 22:09, 24 September 2006 (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.