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The result was delete. --
Ed (
Edgar181) 00:11, 3 January 2014 (UTC)reply
Completely unsourced article containing only trivia and originally about the Mayan calendar. This content could be merged into
Maya calendar or just deleted. --
Salimfadhley (
talk) 13:35, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Salimfadhley (
talk) 13:35, 19 December 2013 (UTC)reply
MergeThis topic isn't noteibal for its own article however the information would be useful on the artical about the Maya calender.--
Jeffrd10 (
talk) 13:58, 19 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Keep:
This fairly reliable-looking source, which describes daykeepers in modern Maya society in detail, implies that the subject is quite notable. (The Mayan term is ajq'ij or ajk'ij apparently.)
הסרפד (
call me Hasirpad) 14:24, 19 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Don't delete. I don't care whether we keep or merge it, but we have substantial coverage in a book produced by
University of New Mexico Press (Hasirpad's link), and that alone suggests that there's probably more. Merger is the only helpful option if we don't keep it as a separate article.
Nyttend (
talk) 15:20, 19 December 2013 (UTC)reply
If merged, the appropriate target is probably
Maya priesthood, where, as I mentioned "daykeepers" (by other names) are briefly discussed.
הסרפד (
call me Hasirpad) 18:23, 19 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Pardon me, but unsourced articles (except for BLPs) are not deleted; unsourceable ones are.
הסרפד (
call me Hasirpad) 23:53, 19 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Go ahead and source it then.
Xxanthippe (
talk) 23:55, 19 December 2013 (UTC).reply
Delete as
WP:OR/
WP:SYNTH. The source Hasirpad cites refers to an ethnographic study of contemporary highland Guatemalan culture. That is not necessarily the same thing as pre-Columbian Mayan culture in the Yucatán, although clearly the cultures are closely related. We could certainly use more quality sourced material on the culture and history of the
Maya peoples, but even with better content, I'd be calling for a merge of this article to
Tzolk'in. As it is,
WP:BLOWITUP. --
101.119.14.226 (
talk) 00:36, 20 December 2013 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
Northamerica1000(talk) 20:37, 27 December 2013 (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
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