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The result was merge to List of rain deities. And other appropriate lists.  Sandstein  12:24, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mangwe[edit]

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I'm not seeing enough significant coverage for this subject to meet notability standards. -- Tavix ^(talk) 14:06, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mythology-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:22, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:22, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:23, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete No more than a WP:DICDEF really, and more important I can't find any verification of this by searching. Not notable at all. The king of the sun (talk) 15:38, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• This is certainly not a dictionary definition, being about a god rather than a word, and verification is not a problem as there is a source cited in the article and more can be found by this search. It seems that this is one of the names of the god most commonly known as Leza, used when he provides rain, and about whom we don't have an article. The best outcome would be for an article to be written about Leza and for this to be redirected there, but I don't have time at the moment to write such an article. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 17:36, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge. This is improperly categorized as fiction, mythology is not fiction but culture/history. Anyway, the topic does appear mentioned in several sources, if briefly. I think it should be merged to some list of deities, with a possible mention in Ila_people#Culture section which is currently a sad joke. From Lists_of_deities#Sub-Saharan_Africa (another underdeveloped section...) I found a possible merge target at List of African mythological figures. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:39, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep its a god which people believe exists and have written about. enough said. Dysklyver 21:57, 1 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• You would need to find sources to support that statement. Aoba47 (talk) 23:31, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• I'm finding no indication of that which doesn't originate with Wikipedia, unfortunately. Lots of indications that it is a place name though. Artw (talk) 14:56, 6 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• As it stands, this should be a Merge to List of rain deities (which should be expanded beyond a simple WP:SAL). I agree with the IP editor that an article to be written about Leza would also be a plausible merge target. power~enwiki (π, ν) 03:16, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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