Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vietnamese mythology
First of all, as {{U|Seraphim System}} and the person using the IP address 70.51.200.162 pointed out, our core readers -- students -- do not differentiate between myth, urban legend, mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. I've been a grammar-warrior teacher for two decades, and even I'm not ''that'' pedantic. Secondly, as the user with the IP 84.73.134.206 pointed out, the nom |appears not even to have searched online for potential reliable sources, of which |significant coverage in multiple reliable sources exists. Third, this is part of a series of articles, such as Sailors' superstitions, Philippine mythology, etc., in which folklore, tales, and myths blend into one another. Removing one article for one nation or culture not only targets that one, but also Devotions_upon_Emergent_Occasions|ask not for whom the bell tolls. The loss of one article in a series makes the whole collection less useful for our core readership because of the lack of context. Knowledge of ''content'' is quite useless without ''context''; having articles on Thai folklore and Chinese mythology without a corresponding article one on Vietnam makes the individual articles less comprehendible. Finally, the nom seems to lack any concept of the syncretism inherent and common in Southeastern Asian cultures; see, ''e.g.'', Culture of the Philippines. They all shares cultural affinities and use the same folk medicine; see ''e.g.'', ''Blumea balsamifera''. This is an |easy rescue
— User:Bearian, 13:36, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BEFORE||WP:SIGCOV||WP:HEY (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion)