Deletion of Archaeology and the Book of Mormon

Comment: This article reeks of |original research.  It doesn't seem easily salvageable or notable for Wikipedia
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:OR)

Comment: The article is indeed full of synthesis, original research and  material, and needs an extensive workover. However, I'm not convinced that deletion is the proper remedy. It probably just needs a name change and a lot of the material cut out. I don't think it is objectionable simply because it covers a fringe topic, as we have articles on other fringy archaeology topics like Ancient Astronauts and Searches for Noah's Ark. This is supposed to be sort of a sub-article of Historical authenticity of the Book of Mormon. Maybe a proper new name for it is something like "Searches for external evidence of Book of Mormon authenticity", which I know is a mouthful
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Fringe theories (WP:FRINGE)