Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of names for the Milky Way

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 merge‎ to Milky Way#Etymology and mythology. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:21, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of names for the Milky Way

[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Big list of mostly unsourced translations. WP:NOTDICTIONARY. PepperBeast (talk) 22:25, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. PepperBeast (talk) 22:25, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Language, Mythology, Astronomy, and Lists. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:04, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete the article fails WP:NOTDICTIONARY. GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 01:23, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: This is a cut and dry case of WP:NOTDICT. StreetcarEnjoyer (talk) 02:27, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I think the cross-cultural grouping into common terms (such as associations with birds, or rivers, or streets) is interesting. Maybe just delete the large "List of names in various languages", but those translations related to the "Common names" section can be kept and moved there. Tocharianne (talk) 09:54, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge the Common names section (plus Aboriginal Australian languages) to Milky Way#Etymology and mythology, and redirect. That part does not fit to a dictionary and should a have a place somewhere on Wikipedia. I think it's still little enough to fit into the main article. If that's perceived as too much, I'd be fine with keep, too. Daranios (talk) 11:30, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as suggested by Daranios. Good compromise? Bearian (talk) 21:36, 25 March 2024 (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.