Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timeline of the universe

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 Chronology of the universe. (non-admin closure) Left guide (talk) 21:07, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline of the universe

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The article Chronology of the universe covers the concepts of this article pretty well. I don't see the point in having a standalone article for this one. Maybe we could redirect the article to that page. Interstellarity (talk) 21:04, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge the two seems reasonableMetallurgist (talk) 23:01, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, not-quite the same topic, some readers will learn from one, some from the other. Both pages have existed since 2003 with little duplication complaint (previous concerns were discussed on the talk page), both are well crafted and achieve their approach to the subject, and both meet GNG. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:15, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I will keep the same topic that existed since 2003 and boot have met GNG DJ Crimson Oracle (talk) 18:13, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History, Astronomy, Physics, and Lists. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:21, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Chronology of the universe – Per nom. Svartner (talk) 03:05, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to the Chronology article. That's far superior and covers more or less the same material. It contains much more prose, is better cited, and what table it does have is focused on the universe as a whole, and not the mishmash of topics like our own solar system that Timeline does. I don't think there's really anything to merge, but if anyone wants to give it a shot, redirecting at least preserves the article history. 35.139.154.158 (talk) 05:20, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge: The purpose of these is similar enough that they can be merged into one.Dflovett (talk) 01:25, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge: toChronology of the universe is acceptable for me to streamline the topic, seems the unique content of this seems its latter part focus on the Solar System of ours, and even that seems to be be a part of another article focusing on the solar system.Lorraine Crane (talk) 15:52, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I'm concerned that any merge would be a simple redirect. There is cited material in thi sarticle that is not mentioned in the target article. Serendi ^podous 21:06, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Amen. Unless Wikipedia has a merge team capable of discerning what should be kept and what is tossable then your concern is justified. This is a long-term page put up for deletion (many merges on Wikipedia are usually just deletion under a kinder name) with much of the content unique to it, and page worthy. Randy Kryn (talk) 22:10, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Merge with Chronology of the universe. JWST observations show that a lot more happened very much earlier (e.g. JADES-GS-z14-0). At the moment these two articles cover much the same ground, but are out-of-date anyway. Better to have one up-to-date article than two out-of-date articles. Richard Nowell (talk) 09:35, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Chronology of the universe per nom and above comments. Surayeproject3 (talk) 16:57, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge, one or the other, not both. Chronology of the universe should receive this content as a merge. Iljhgtn (talk) 19:27, 23 July 2025 (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.