Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Humanity (2nd nomination)

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 Disambiguate. Content of Humanity will be replaced by content of Humanity (disambiguation), which will be redirected to Humanity (non-admin closure). SeanMD80^{talk | contribs} 18:47, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Humanity

Currently, this article merely repeats information (almost word for word) that is found in the human species and human condition. We had a similar situation the last time this article went through the AfD process over a year ago. As was discussed in the AfD, humanity has a number of distinct but significant meanings. Most of these meanings are covered by articles that already exist on Wikipedia. While numerous editors have felt there should be a unique article on "humanity", no one has come up with any unique content. The result of the first AfD was to delete the article and replace it with a disambiguation page. In March of 2008, the disambiguation was moved and a new humanity article was started. It has remained undeveloped and unsourced. I marked the new humanity article with PROD in November of 2008. When editors voiced interest in improving it, said I'd hold off on nominating this article for AfD to give them some time to do so. No significant improvements have been made. I suggest we delete the article and replace it with the current humanity disambiguation page.--Fixer1234 (talk) 18:03, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The subjects are acceptably covered by other existing articles.Mikael Häggström (talk) 19:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Unless the article is changed its pov to a philosophy-oriented topic. (would need new sources)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Human condition. Majoreditor (talk) 00:08, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A redirect is not the best solution humanity has a number of distinct meanings. Since someone could come to the humanity article looking for anyone of them, I think the disambiguation page is the best solution. For a in depth discussion of this, please see the last AfD. Fixer1234 (talk) 00:52, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixer has a good point. If a redirect doesn't work because it has several different meanings, the obvious solution would be to make a disambiguation out of it. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:50, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete this page (again) and make it a disambiguation page (again) per previous AfD, Fixer, and Mgm. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 17:19, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguate - It's crazy for us not to have an article with this title, but it's equally crazy to try to cover Human, World population, Homo (genus), Human condition, Oh, the humanity, Humane, and any number of other topics. AlexTiefling (talk) 17:28, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Humanity (disambiguation). Colonel Warden (talk) 02:43, 24 March 2009 (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.