Deletion of Devil

Comment: Zero compliance with efore. Many sources out there. This is as content and sourcing question, and fails to even plausibly state a valid reason for Deletion, which is a last resort.  We should not inflict the Wikipedia equivalent of capital punishment based upon a theological or metaphysical dispute. That this may have some overlap with Satan is no reason to delete.  ot paper
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Bots (WP:B||WP:N)

Comment: The concepts of "devil" and "Satan" are not identical, but the devil article contains material on Satan, which ought to be merged to Satan.  The two are similar in the Christian tradition, but not necessarily in Islam or other religions.  It is not a good article and relies too much on Russell and ''Gnostic Bible'', but an article with as many citations as this is not 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:OR)

Comment: the argument that {{tq|the inclusion of other beings that are not Satan as "devils" are either based on Russell or are }} is not very persuasive. I am currently reviewing the article Fallen angel for GA, and my impression is that religious terms which are a mixture of orthodox doctrine and folklore like ''devil'' and ''Satan'' hardly ever overlap exactly. This is also my impression from studying Buddhist doctrine and history
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:OR)