Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oba (goddess)

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 keep, is now sourced. Sandstein 16:29, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oba (goddess)[edit]

Article is unreferenced for over two years, fails the verifiability policy. Stifle (talk) 08:57, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as surmountable problem. WP:RS are easy enough to find for this. Book sources can confirm the bulk of it. • Gene93k (talk) 11:50, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, strongly. A well known figure from world mythology. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 13:59, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I added one reference. As an important deity from West Africa and the African diaspora, it should be fairly trivial to add more and to expand this article. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:04, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep While article could still use improvement, sources exist, for example Dictionary of Ancient Deities by Turner and Coulter. Edward321 (talk) 23:47, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
keep' and source . The failure for an article to be sourced in two year is not a reason for deletion. (It ha sbeen proposed several times, and each time soundly defeated), The inability tt source it after a reasonable effort made might be, but I see n such assertion here It would be bette to try to improve them--that might benefit the encylopeida--this sort of nomination noes not do so. If the nom insists of nominating on inadequate grounds, its time to cosider how to stop these destructiveand point nomnations eing repeatedly made in feiance of policiy. First step is a snow keep, and perhaps with enough of them he will get the idea. If that does not work,, I will support a block from Afd nominations, if anyone will second it.DGG (talk) 08:48, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep being unreferenced is only an argument for deletion if there are no sources to be cited and not just because there are no sources cited. I am not surprised that African mythology doesn't get much coverage on the internet, but one printed reference is already cited and there must be more out there. Hut 8.5 11:58, 19 August 2008 (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.