Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Samoa

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Samoa

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was merge to Religion in Samoa. Vanamonde93 (talk) 23:45, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

Islam in Samoa

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I propose merging to Religion in Samoa because. The article is very small and its contents are already mentioned in the Religion in Samoa page. WP:MERGE. Weichan123 (talk) 08:17, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

• Note: this discussion has been included in the AfD sorting lists for the following topics: Oceania and Samoa. Weichan123 (talk) 08:17, 13 September 2026 (UTC)
• Note: this discussion has been included in the list of Islam-related AfD discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 09:08, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

Oppose merge Am sympathetic to a merge in principle, but the Religion article is very short and wouldn't have a place for the contents of the Islam page without being WP:UNDUE. Dizzycheekchewer (talk) 05:35, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Cavarrone 08:42, 20 September 2026 (UTC)

Merge We don't really need a page for a religion that takes up less than 7.7% of the country's population and does not have an explicit entry on the census. And with Dizzycheekchewer, we can just expand it. Simple. An editor from Mars (talk) 09:03, 20 September 2026 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, voorts (talk/contributions) 16:59, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

• Merge. No UNDUE issues. Geschichte (talk) 20:26, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

  Merge Emmanbotan (talk) 01:07, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

Merge or Draftify in its current state a merge makes sense. AadamentAardvark (talk) 19:31, 30 September 2026 (UTC)

Merge as there's not enough info to warrant a standalone page. However, the idea that any minority that makes up 7.7% of a country's population lacks the relevance for a standalone page is kind of ridiculous. Reminder that Muslims make up only about 1.5% of the US population.

CSGinger14 (talk) 09:22, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

That constitutes about 1 in 13 people in Samoa, which is a lot. For context, according to this figure, in a room of 100 Samoans, it's more likely you'd encounter a Muslim than two people who are left handed.

CSGinger14 (talk) 09:25, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

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.