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The article is about a single word for Scythia in a 6th century book, which gave a Gothic origin myth. Nothing in the article is not better handled in other articles already, though can not specify one single article as being the most close (which means I can't think of a meaningful "merge to" option). The original article's creator has not edited since 2005. A period of efforts by good faith editors who raised concerns but found no new common vision going forward can be seen on the talk page. For a long time most edits have been minor or technical. Andrew Lancaster (talk) 08:00, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ukraine-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 09:35, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Romania-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 09:36, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Archaeology-related deletion discussions. Krakkos (talk) 09:42, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Krakkos (talk) 09:42, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Krakkos (talk) 09:42, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Krakkos (talk) 09:42, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This topic has received substantial coverage in the works of Dennis Howard Green, Omeljan Pritsak and others, and is the subject of a standalone article in the Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. I believe the topic is notable. There is certainly room for improvement of this article, but that does not justify deletion, regardless of how long its been since "the original article's creator" has edited. Even if this topic is found non-notable, it should certainly exist as a redirect. Goths#Movement towards the Black Sea is a suitable destination for redirection. This way we may also be able to preserve the edit history. However, there is general consensus at Talk:Goths that that article should not go into deep details on Gothic origins. In view of that consensus and other reasons described above, i think this article should be kept. Krakkos (talk) 09:42, 1 May 2020 (UTC) Strong keep - the subject is obviously notable. Andrew Lancaster is on a blatantly POV mission here, making endless attempts to rewrite the entire history of all Germanic peoples, or even remove every mention of the word "Germanic", as can be seen from his edits on a large number of articles, using every trick in the book and then some, including posting impenetrable walls of text on all talk pages in order rto wear down all opposition. - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 10:05, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 :<small class="delsort-notice">Note:  This discussion has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Literature|list of Literature-related deletion discussions]]. [[User:Krakkos|Krakkos]] ([[User talk:Krakkos|talk]]) 09:42, 1 May 2020 (UTC)</small>
 '''Keep''' - This topic has received substantial coverage in the works of [[Dennis Howard Green]], [[Omeljan Pritsak]] and others, and is the subject of a standalone article in the ''[[Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde]]''. I believe the topic is notable. There is certainly room for improvement of this article, but that does not [[WP:DEL-REASON|justify deletion]], regardless of how long its been since "the original article's creator" has edited. Even if this topic is found non-notable, it should certainly exist as a redirect. [[Goths#Movement towards the Black Sea]] is a suitable destination for redirection. This way we may also be able to preserve the edit history. However, there is general consensus at [[Talk:Goths]] that that article should ''not'' go into deep details on Gothic origins. In view of that consensus and other reasons described above, i think this article should be kept. [[User:Krakkos|Krakkos]] ([[User talk:Krakkos|talk]]) 09:42, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
+'''Strong keep''' - the subject is obviously notable. Andrew Lancaster is on a blatantly POV mission here, making endless attempts to rewrite the entire history of all Germanic peoples, or even remove every mention of the word "Germanic", as can be seen from his edits on a large number of articles, using every trick in the book and then some, including posting impenetrable walls of text on all talk pages in order rto wear down all opposition. -&nbsp;'''Tom'''&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;[[User:Thomas.W|Thomas.W]] [[User talk:Thomas.W|'''''<sup><small> talk</small></sup>''''']] 10:05, 1 May 2020 (UTC)