Talk:Religion in Madagascar

Why article is being deleted?

This is an essential and useful article than why when someone wants to search it they are directed to an other page? I don't know what happened in the past or if a banned user created it but it's a well written article on an important subject related to Madagascar.  223.123.99.70 (talk) 05:48, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

The article repeats information already included in Demographics of Madagascar. We don’t publish the same information in multiple articles. Mccapra (talk) 07:42, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

I was able to expand the article with information at Freedom of religion in Africa by country, which I happened to know had a few additional paragraphs of information, but most editors reviewing the page would have no reason to know that content was available. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 13:07, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Blossoming edit war

Hey friends, there seem to be repeated instances of setting this article into a new page and into a redirect and back, most recently on 23 August, 4 September and 19 October. I suggest that a consensus be established whether "Religion in Madagascar" should be its own article or not. Personally, I believe that the 4,000-something bytes version of the page contains very little that is not already contained in the main country article, but the page could easily be expanded beyond the scope of Madagascar to focus on specific religious issues. That said, I'm uncomfortable approving the redirect without first settling it with the editors who seem to favor a full page.

@Cloptus: @Girth Summit: @Hordeolum: @Barbardo: Ted52 (talk) 08:07, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

EDIT: I meant to tag @Barbardo: and misspelt the name, apologies. Ted52 (talk) 08:08, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Ted52 - Cloptus and Hordeolum are both socks of the same site-banned user, Rajputbhatti. I don't personally have an opinion on whether or not there should be an article at this title, but it should certainly not be written by socks. Girth Summit _(blether) 09:38, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

@Girth Summit Oh wow, I did not know that. I suppose that settles that for the time being. I have no further objections to simply confirming the redirect, though it is perhaps for the best to wait a few days for additional input. Ted52 (talk) 10:21, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

If you look through the history, you'll see that the redirect was set up in 2008; this particular LTA has been trying to turn it into an article (one which aligns with their particular world view) repeatedly since October of 2022 - if I'm counting right, these two latest socks are the ninth and tenth accounts they've used at this page so far. The only other activity in the history has been people reverting them, and occasionally protecting the page to prevent further socking. It's tiresome, but it can be dealt with without any need for fuss - I doubt whether there will be any input from others on this (and if there is, and it's a new account, you can guess who it is...). Girth Summit _(blether) 10:27, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

It should quite obviously be an article—I'll get to it this summer. Zanahary (talk) 05:02, 23 May 2024 (UTC)