Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Orb of Light

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 Orb (optics). Clear consensus that a separate article is not merited and with no consensus between deletion and redirecting we default to a redirect to Orb (optics), which looks to be the preferred redirect option. Davewild (talk) 17:19, 5 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Orb of Light

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I suggest this article should be removed. It does not explain when and how this "orb of light" appears/appeared or what it is. We don't have an article titled "Howling noise", Content: "Howling noises are suggested to be created by ghosts." either. If ghosts sometimes appear as orbs of light, that should be noted in the Ghost article. We don't need a separate article consisting of a single paragraph, really. Ciaraleone (talk) 23:57, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: self-explaining compound with content that's a definition. If anyone were to search this term often, then the vote would be "redirect" to paranormal research or something similar. However, no one's going to come along and say, "I just watched "Ghost Busters"; I wonder what 'orb of light' is? I know! I'll use Wikipedia." Hithladaeus (talk) 02:06, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to ghost: I've seen the term used fairly frequently, almost always in relation to the paranormal- although the term is occasionally used in relation to Christianity. A look at the page views shows that it gets about an average of 100-130 hits a month, so there are people searching for this term or at least coming across it somehow. You can see its usage in these types of places. Books ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]) News ([7], [8], [9], [10]) Now I'm not saying that the use of the term in these books means that this should have its own page. Mostly I'm just listing these because I want to show that the term is used and has been used for years in relation to the paranormal. It's a pretty commonly used term, although there are variations like "light orb". Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:06, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:45, 30 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and redirect to Orb (optics), which contains the scientific explanation and also mentions the WP:FRINGE views held by paranormalists. - LuckyLouie (talk) 14:04, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Orb (optics) or delete. I'll go with LuckyLouie and say that this should probably go to the scientific explanation. Deletion is also fine, but I don't think it's absolutely necessary. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:38, 4 June 2015 (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.