Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of 10 shortest-reigning popes

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The result was Merge into recently-created List of popes by length of reign. —Wknight94 (talk) 03:06, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List_of_10_shortest-reigning_popes

List seems generally useless ::mikm t 19:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

it should be Merged to a List of Popes by length of reign. bogdan 19:42, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep If the above named list actually existed I might agree with merge. However making a list of all Popes by length of reign would be a great deal of work made more difficult by a lack of adequate information on some of the earlier ones. Possibly this and List of 10 longest-reigning popes could be merged into something with title to be determined.--T. Anthony 20:23, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Longest and shortest Papal reigns might work as a title.--T. Anthony 20:26, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete list of holders of an arbitrarily selected office chosen by an arbitrary crieterion with an arbitrary cutoff, relying on data something over a millennium old so possibly not that reliable anyway. Guy (Help!) 22:23, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Millennim old Church records are records none the less. It would be bias to state any other way, most people find period records quite reliable. Also this is historical infor that would be merged with other Popes. Or is wikipedia a delete factory now? So the Papal office is now arbitrary, as is the past?--Margrave1206 00:29, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NOT#IINFO. What next? List of the 10 shortest popes? Ohconfucius 05:28, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This list is over three years old. In that time no such list has been created, not that I think you thought there was. If you check Category:Pope-related lists there are a few oddball things like List of sexually active popes, which won't ever be deleted as it's "juicy", and Links between popes. However there's not a glut of "list of Popes by insignificant feature." Length of reign is not insignificant in a secular or religious ruler.--T. Anthony 06:34, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep so that it can be merged as List of popes by length of reign, à la List of longest reigning current monarchs. —Psychonaut 12:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Though this article is trivia, that really is what Wikipedia is. I personally use it for random knowledge. I personally find it interesting that a pope only reigned for thirteen days.Captain panda 03:06, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Basically the same reason as Captain Panda. I find it very interesting to read about facts such as this one. However we could also do something like merging the shortest and longest reigns into one same article, like T. Anthony said, Longest and shortest Papal reigns could work.Daniel32708
Keep usefullness is pretty darn subjective and no other compelling reason has been given for deletion. I would support a merge proposal but AfD isn't needed for that. Eluchil404 10:59, 11 January 2007 (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.