Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xenos (Greek)

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 (keep). Canderson7 ^(talk) 02:40, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Xenos (Greek)

Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Article was prodded but removed by creator. There is no reliable source given for the article and content is little more than a dictionary entry in a greek lexicon. ju66l3r 02:28, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

• Oppose The article is currently more than a simple definition, it briefly mentions it's connection with Xenia and use in culture, and around these areas I believe it has room for expansion. Further, lack of sources is reason to find sources, not for deletion. --Falcorian ^(talk) 03:12, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
  • The guideline of Verifiability puts the burden on the person who adds the content to provide the resources necessary to verify the subject matter. Considering there was absolutely no source given at all, it made the content unverifiable and therefore subject to review for deletion. The current reference given is for Xenia (not Xenos) which as far as I can tell doesn't actually address Xenos and is a registration/subscription site as well. ju66l3r 04:44, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Unfortunately that is the only source I have access to at this point, although it does infact deal with Xenos. You'll either have to trust me on that or go down to your local library and verify it yourself. Just because a source is subscription based does not mean one can ignore it, else we'd be force to remove almost ever scholarly journal. --Falcorian ^(talk) 05:14, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep Article is more than a mere dictionary definition.--Húsönd 03:29, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I have attempted to expand the article, although I'm no expert on the subject. I would ask that it be reconsidered with the new edit in mind, and with the idea that it could indeed be expanded by someone with more expertise than I. --Falcorian ^(talk) 03:55, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
• delete. wikipedia not a Greek dictionary. Essentially a list of different meanings of a greek word. Not a big deal when translated betwee different languages. 100% dicdef. `'mikkanarxi 05:23, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete The fact that the word has a variety of meanings does not make it 'more than a dictionary definition.' A lot of words have a wide array of meanings in English, let alone other languages. We can't have an article for every foreign word with a few different meanings. If its culturally important, put it in the article on Greek culture. If it has a semantic importance, merge it into the article for the Greek Language. Otherwise, maybe send it to the Wiktionary but it does not merit an article here. --The Way 05:25, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete from Wikipedia. At this moment, it's still not notable enough. Good for Wiktionary, not for Wikipedia. - SpLoT / ^(talk) 11:01, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
• Wiktionary had already had wikt:ξένος for 9 months at the time that this Wikipedia article was created. It has plenty of room for quotations and usage notes, which it requires in order to be a full dictionary article but still lacks. Uncle G 14:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The article is being worked on, is much more than a dictionary entry and there clearly is a lot lying beneath the surface which should be brought out in a full article.

--Mike 14:28, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete from Wikipedia. ""Divergent concepts" belong to wictionary. If any of these "divergent concepts" may grow into a referenced encyclopedic articles, by all means, turn this page into disambiguation page. Mukadderat 17:21, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and Cleanup. This is a very important concept (not just word) in Ancient Greek culture, and the article can be vastly expanded. It's fledgling, but that's because it's new. Give the article a chance. I'm going to list it on the Ancient Greek WikiProject. I have great confidence that, with enough work and minds, we can have a great article here. (Ed: The article has already been added to the project. Once again, I ask that it be given a chance to be edited). CaveatLector^Talk 04:30, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep per CaveatLector. Once again, WP is on the verge of deleting something that formed part of the society that gave us democracy, the scientific method, and so much more, but WP will keep every 2-bit school, pokemon character, or episode of and contestants on "reality" shows. A shame, really, on us. Carlossuarez46 20:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. This article just needs more fleshing out, such as its notable impact on society (for example: Xenophobia). - Lex 06:03, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep per Carlossuarez46 --Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 14:09, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Important concept in Greek literature. I know one shouldn't mention Pokemon but... JASpencer 22:13, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Useful page, well written, important long established concept, root of many other words. I can think of no reason whatsoever to delete this article. Xj 11:03, 31 October 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.