Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gigantomachy

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The result of the debate was settlement via WP:CP (copyvio). - Mailer Diablo 22:26, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Gigantomachy

This is not an article, it's just a narrative. However, I can't tell if it can be turned into an article or not. M412k 01:45, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

• Speedy Original author appears to have blanked page. No content anymore. Xcali 02:52, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: the Gigantomachy was an important element of Greek mythology, the war of the new gods against the old ones. I'm not sure if this is its accepted English name (I've only heard it in Russian), but if it is it should probably be an article. PlatypeanArchcow 03:58, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep but rewrite. Gigantomachy is not just a part of Greek mythology but also a symbolic political motif in classical art. The Gigantomachy on the east metopes of The Parthenon, for example, uses the motif to display the power, civilization and culture of Athens over the uncultured "others" of the rest of the world - it's order versus disorder. Megan1967 07:32, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
• Keep but re-edit. --Simon Cursitor 07:42, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete: Fiction. It's an attempted merging of the Norse frost giants with the Titans. I understand Megan1967's point, but that's a wholesale rewrite she's talking about, and it needn't include this fiction in its history. The other objection I have to a rewrite of this article is that I believe it's misnamed even there. I thought it was Gigomachy, and it's a fairly broad term. Geogre 11:29, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Which are you referring to? The battle of the giants and the gods in Greek mythology is definitely Gigantomachy. Megan1967 11:39, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete, since it is also copyvio
  • Copyvio is not a reason for speedy deletion. -- Cyrius|✎ 05:31, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy delete, copyvio, good work Drini. If it hadn't been, I would have agreed with Geogre. Tempshill 20:07, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete. Copyright violation.--Hoovernj 21:21, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
• Rewrite. The source is itself derivative, from Works and Days and Apollodorus. Septentrionalis 20:30, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
• Rewrite - There is no 'Gigomachy' term per dictionary.com but this mythological topic is certainly part of western culture. It IS not just a copyright violation, but outright word for word plagurism. Fabartus 21:30, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

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