Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hymns to Mary

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The result was speedy keep. withdrawn by nominator HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:30, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hymns to Mary[edit]

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No notability. No reliable sources. Article is nothing more than a list of songs. No actual content. Marian music is already covered in multiple articles, including Roman Catholic Marian music. Malke 2010 (talk) 04:54, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Roman Catholic Marian music. If I was looking for religious songs about Mary, I would far more likely search for Hymns to Mary than Roman Catholic Marian music, thus, as it is likely a valid search term, I vote redirect. Ravendrop (talk) 09:59, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep per WP:SK #2.4, as being discussed on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic). This article's Afd is part of a larger, "mass Afd issue" being discussed at length here. Please see that page so the same discussion does not get repeated on multiple pages. Thanks. History2007 (talk) 12:25, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: There is no such "mass AfD issue" being discussed on the AfD for Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic). Everyone should focus only on the merits of either deleting or keeping this article. Note also, the usual "supporters" on both articles. Thanks. Malke 2010 (talk) 14:43, 1 December 2010 (UTC)Malke 2010 (talk) 14:42, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep per WP:SK #2.4. Content dispute and WP:POINT best worked out elsewhere. Marauder40 (talk) 14:45, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or Merge with Roman Catholic Marian music. --Willthacheerleader18 (talk) 21:32, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Two items should probably be mentioned now regarding a merge suggestion, given that I ended up fixing the article with references, etc. Before it was mostly just a list of hymns, but now it has much new info. Now, the first point is that not all hymns have been set to music, and some chanted hymns may be used on their own unaccompanied by any musical instrument. Secondly, as the first section of the article discusses, it now turns out that hymns are a key part of the liturgy of the Eastern Church, and indeed the Eastern Orthodox place as much (if not more) emphasis on them as part of liturgy than Roman Catholics. History2007 (talk) 16:13, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.