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The result was Keep. No prejudice against discussing a possible merge with List of popes, but there is no policy or guideline precluding both list-format and timeline-format versions of this type of material. --RL0919 (talk) 23:45, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of popes (graphical)[edit]

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Graphical duplicate of List_of_popes. Sandman888 (talk) 17:07, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge into List of popes. Good info, but better as one article than two. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 17:26, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Those timelines are kinda cute, but it's the same as the list of popes article and does not provide any clarity whatsoever. Bds69 (talk) 17:36, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:56, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:56, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Retain all content either by keeping it or merging it without losing either the graphical representations in this list, nor the likenesses depicted in the other list. This is a great display of information, and I see no compelling reason to lose any of it, whether it stays in two articles or is merged into one. Jclemens (talk) 19:09, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree. This is good content, and it is useful, as it displays at a glance the length of papal term, which could be anywhere from less than one year all the way to several decades. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 20:09, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Retain all content as per Jclemens and Andrew Lenahan above. Timelines can be useful in ways other content isn't. John Carter (talk) 00:09, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Retain all content by keep or merge, per above. The graphical representation is especially useful in following the overlaps between popes and antipopes, but it's useful throughout. --Arxiloxos (talk) 18:52, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - certainly notable, and a really useful way to present this information. Don't merge anywhere until someone comes along who actually wants to do it and won't just move it wholesale to a new section in List of Popes. Bigger digger (talk) 00:24, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep It's basically equivalent to a timeline, a well-established type of article. DGG ( talk ) 05:21, 5 September 2010 (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.