Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eidos
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- 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 Redirect to Theory of forms. Balloonman (talk) 06:09, 20 November 2007 (UTC) \
[edit] Eidos
The article is nothing more than a dictionary definition and Wikipedia isn't a dictionary. Miremare 23:00, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- Transwiki to Wiktionary and merge and redirect to Essence (or a different philosophy-themed article that's more appropriate.) ~Eliz81(C) 00:46, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Redirect to Theory of forms, where the word and Plato's use of it are discussed, and merge a one-sentence version of this article's explanation to Eidos (disambiguation) to replace the first entry. Deor 02:42, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Be Bold? I'm always a bit surprised when stuff like this arrives at AfD. It's clear we are going to find an editorial solution to this issue, rather than deleting the page, so can I suggest someone boldly does what they think is the right thing with this article? (Both !voters above me have ideas.) Then we can speedy close this discussion. AndyJones 09:13, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Redirect to what? I don't know the first thing about the subject or maybe I would have done. ;) But experience tells me that boldly redirecting usually results in someone reverting and an AfD being necessary anyway... There was also discussion on the talk page and other language versions of the article, so I thought AfD was best. Of course deletion isn't necessary, and if redirect is the result, then that's great. Cheers, Miremare 19:01, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Fair enough. I wasn't criticsing you for making the nomination, merely pointing out the alternatives. AndyJones 19:25, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Redirect to what? I don't know the first thing about the subject or maybe I would have done. ;) But experience tells me that boldly redirecting usually results in someone reverting and an AfD being necessary anyway... There was also discussion on the talk page and other language versions of the article, so I thought AfD was best. Of course deletion isn't necessary, and if redirect is the result, then that's great. Cheers, Miremare 19:01, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Redirect to Theory of forms per Deor, as this is the origin and basis of all other uses of the term. Per AndyJones, I would certainly have supported an editor simply changing it to a redirect, but now I suppose the AfD should be allowed to close properly. Wareh 16:40, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Merge into DAB. 132.205.99.122 20:12, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- Redirect to theory of forms, as suggested by Deor. This article was never much more than a dictionary definition, and is merely a pedantic way to refer to Plato's forms. Pastordavid 20:58, 15 November 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.
