Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simbi

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. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:05, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I suggest moving to draftspace as it has been unsourced since Dec 2009, per WP:RS Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ _Talk 20:49, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mythology-related deletion discussions. Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ _Talk 20:49, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 21:00, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 21:00, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Haiti-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 21:00, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. Lightburst (talk) 21:06, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Partial rebuttal to deletion rationale It cites two sources, albeit one only as a reference to itself: 1) the coat of arms of Governor General Michaëlle Jean of Canada, as a self-reference (it exists, therefore it exists), and 2) Milo Rigaud's 1969(?) work "Secrets of Voodoo" (it's unclear if City Lights is the name of the parent work or of a location in New York). davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 21:06, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep or merge with another article on a related topic rather than draft-ify or delete. Any Wikipedian with the time and interest can take the sources in Loa and related articles to beef this one up to at least Start-class with sufficient evidence of notability to withstand any notability-related deletion discussion. I am not that Wikipedian. As a "default" merge target if nothing better is found, go with Loa even though that article also covers Loa from Louisiana Voodoo. I have a weak preference for keeping over merging.
• Sidebar outside the scope of this AFD, should be discussed on Talk:Loa: Merge Loa#Various loa which are barely more than a stub into a list article to avoid future AfDs about them. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 21:07, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - it's pretty trivial to find sources, like [1] Guettarda (talk) 22:25, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep I have begun adding RS, photo, infobox and categories to the article. I also made sure that it is not an orphan. Notable spirit/conduit in the Haitian Vodou religion. Lightburst (talk) 00:53, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per WP:NEXIST, and WP:HEY for Lightburst's additions. In addition to the sources already used in the article, I've found:
  • The Haitian Vodou Handbook: Protocols for Riding with the Lwa by Kenaz Filan, Inner Traditions (2006)
  • Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism by Lilith Dorsey, Kensington Publishing (2005)
  • The drum and the hoe: Life and lore of the Haitian people by Harold Courlander, University of California Press (1960)
  • Vodoo by Hans Peter Oswald, Lightning Source (2008)

I've added these to the article in a Further reading section so that editors who want to improve the article can use them as resources. -- Toughpigs (talk) 03:00, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per Lightburst's additions and the reliable sources cited by the editors above. — Hunter Kahn 00:25, 12 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Adequate sources exist and are present in the article. — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 04:34, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Sources have been found proving notability of this. Dream Focus 02:32, 17 March 2020 (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.