Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xenia epigram

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The result was merge to Xenia motif. Sandstein 11:38, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Xenia epigram

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No significant coverage in reliable sources. Searching Google Scholar and Books, I find no reliable sources discussing "xenia epigrams" as a concept. The only reference in the article is to a book by a minor 19th century poet who used "xenia" as a heading in one of his poetry books; the fact that one author has grouped some poems under the heading "xenia" no more makes "xenia epigrams" a notable genre than the fact that the same author grouped some poems under the heading "triflings" makes "trifling poems" a notable genre. His using the term once does not significant coverage make. Even assuming that "xenia epigrams" is used in the sense given (which I can find little evidence for!), the fact that no sources discuss it means that this can be nothing more than a dictionary entry. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 14:18, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Curbon7 (talk) 15:21, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

MERGE to Xenia motif. Martial's Xenia are the source of the epigrams, but I agree that they don't need a separate article. --Macrakis (talk) 20:15, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 15:02, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

MERGE to Xenia motif.4meter4 (talk) 20:20, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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.