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The result was delete. RL0919 (talk) 17:06, 9 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Collection of trivial, fictional, unconnected concepts that share a similar name. There's not even a shared theme, everything from gods to ancient aliens. It should be deleted and Old One probably be redirect to Lovecraft or turned into a dab page. TTN (talk) 17:00, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 17:01, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 17:01, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science Fiction-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 17:02, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete As you said, unconnected. It refers to any mention of the words "Old One" rather than specifically the beings of Lovecraft. It's therefore total WP:SYNTH and an unencyclopedic list of fancruft._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 17:05, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I'm amazed this article even exists. All that the entries have in common is the words "old one". JIP | Talk 17:14, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as no reason exists for deletion. --131.123.51.67 (talk) 17:58, 2 December 2019 (UTC) Sock of banned user [reply]
• Delete- Per zxcvbnm. This is badly sourced cruft with nothing to tie it together but a similarity of naming. Reyk _YO! 18:43, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - This is nothing but a collection of times the phrase "old one" was used in fiction, most of which being completely unrelated to one another. This is complete WP:SYNTH. Rorshacma (talk) 19:21, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comments I turned the redirect Old One here into a dab page based on articles starting with "Old One". Also, a very similiar concept is explained at Elder race. – sgeureka ^t•c 20:40, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Sguerek's new dab page is quite sufficient. (I've retargeted Old Ones there.) Clarityfiend (talk) 20:46, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete While Lovecraft was the most influential horror author since Poe, we do not need to list every single time a writer used the term "Old One". ―Susmuffin ^Talk 23:47, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Wiktionary concept at best. No evidence this term has been analyzed by scholars of literature or such. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:47, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. The usual fancruft. Fails GNG/NFICTION.Kacper IV (talk) 12:22, 5 December 2019 (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.