The result was redirect to Proto-Indo-European mythology#Smith god. (non-admin closure) Alpha3031 (t • c) 09:39, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
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The page boldly asserts proto indo-europeans had a smith god in their pantheon, but this goes well beyond the sources. The first source cited actually says, "The argument for a single mythical prototype is not strong." (West, 2007:156). As the page notes, there are many smith gods in the daughter linguistically-defined groups that speak indo-european languages, but it failed to mention what the sources say, that smiths are also found in most non indo-european cultures too (I have added that now). One major issue that this page fails to grapple with is that proto-indoeuropean culture is a proto culture that groups descend from, going back well before the iron age, and in some cases to before the bronze age (copper age). It is not clear that a smith god associated with iron (the magic of removing metal from a rock in very high heat) would be in any way related to a god of bronze or copper working. The fact that there is no commonality of gods in daughter cultures lends strength to this reasoning. Yet if there were a god, there is almost nothing that can be said about it, and so a wikipedia page is not possible. This is already fully covered in [1] and I am not convinced a redirect is required as it doesn't seem like a plausible search term - but I don't object to redirect if others feel it is. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 11:01, 22 September 2023 (UTC)