The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. While there is consensus that this might be a viable topic, as it stands right now the article is an essay with minimal referencing to a single source. No prejudice to recreation, assuming it takes an appropriate form (e.g., Medieval cuisine). §FreeRangeFrog^croak 18:53, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Medieval censorship (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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It's an essay. See also this discussion. Ad Orientem (talk) 13:25, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Europe-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:23, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:23, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. An interesting and valid topic, but badly written. Needs cleanup for spelling and bad caps etc. The tags at the top list the problems, but none is serious enough to warrant deletion. --Dmol (talk) 16:05, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Userfy Too many problems to keep in article space but a valid topic worthy of coverage. Chris Troutman (talk) 16:38, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I don't think userfy is an option, since the original author is under the misapprehension that Voltaire is a medieval writer, which does not auger well for their ability to improve the article. Question is whether the article contains anything worth salvaging.TheLongTone (talk) 17:33, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Right now it looks like an almost completely unsourced essay, and a rather poor quality one at that. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:40, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'd call that a very charitable assessment!TheLongTone (talk) 18:23, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - the topic is certainly notable - whole books have been written on the history of censorship. The question is whether it's such a mess that it needs a fresh start, or if somebody will rescue this essay. Bearian (talk) 16:38, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. It's a topic worthy of an article, but this article isn't it. Usually I'd say wait to give the author time (it's only existed for 5 days), but this essay is too badly written and unspecific to be salvageable. —gorgan_almighty (talk) 21:17, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, without prejudice to recreation. 4th-form gibberish. I especially enjoyed (on English bibles) "The Church of England became enraged by this translation of a traditionally Latin text to English...". Johnbod (talk) 22:50, 19 May 2014 (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.