Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cretan 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 delete. If someone wants to convert it into a category, I'll provide the list. If someone wants to make this list better, what was there at the moment isn't going to be of much help, sadly. Daniel 09:23, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cretan mythology

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I stumbled on this page, which is basically a list of articles dealing with some elements of Cretan mythology. I then created the Category and attempted to move the information (I felt it was better suited as a category). I then discovered that most of the items in this list are more related to general Greek mythology. Thus, I feel as though this article has no real use, and should at the least be scrapped and rewritten as a substantial description of Cretan myth. CaveatLector^Talk 11:37, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, weakly, and entirely without prejudice to re-creation. This list essentially collects Greek myths that have to do with Crete. There is a fairly large body of commentary on the differences between Cretan/Minoan and classical Greek mythology, and an even larger of imaginative or speculative mythography, starting with Arthur Evans forward. Not sure how helpful this list would be to anyone wishing to create that article, though. FWIW, Minoan religion currently redirects to a page that has no information about Minoan religion on it. We also have Snake Goddess, that requires substantial NPOV revision; many of the alleged snake goddess figurines have been exposed as forgeries. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:30, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Smerdis has it right: if someone wants to write an article on what's unique about Cretan mythology, please do (but be very careful in selecting sources for anything Minoan); but this list isn't useful. --Akhilleus (talk) 14:56, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
  • I'd suggest to keep the list but rename the page a "List" somewhere in the title -- I beleive list articles can be useful, for example to later create "navigational menus" with. Goldenrowley 15:01, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete and Recreate in a better article format I think this article should be deleted and recreated as an article discussing Cretan mythology instead of listing articles related to it. Captain panda 15:13, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
• just rewrite since nobody is presently working on the page, just add the material you think should be there; if you don't want to keep the list in the article create a category.DGG[User talk:DGG|talk 15:50, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep but rename to "List of Greek mythology topics related to Crete".  --Lambiam^Talk 21:21, 8 July 2007 (UTC) Postscript. Alternatively, a category "Greek mythology topics related to Crete" (as suggested by DGG) will work. 21:24, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
• Delete more like fancruft for the grand isle. --Storm Rider ^(talk) 04:32, 14 July 2007 (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.