Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/498a


 * 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: delete. —LrdChaos (talk) 15:07, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

498a
This seems like a highly-specific theme (a specific law in India, in this case) with no sourced quotes, and a POV intro. —LrdChaos (talk) 15:20, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 16:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Some of the quotes may be worth keeping, but not in that article or subject matter.  Cbrown1023  talk  15:23, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom. ~ UDScott 15:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment It is not a problem in my opinion an article is highly-specific theme; a TV show, movie could be also said "highly-specific". However regarding the amount of current quotes on this page I concur with Cbrown1023 about the possibility of merger (perhaps Marriage?)
 * Also I would like to point out that India belongs to "the English speaking world" properly, since 1) English is one of their official languages, or some of them think so at least and 2) it is the lingua franca in that country at least among high-educated people. And their population is bigger than any other English speaking country. I have no bad reason to include India specific theme articles to this project as well as US specific theme articles. --Aphaia 15:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I only mentioned that it was India as part of the description of what the page was about; I'd have nominated a page for any single American law just the same. Perhaps, with other quotes, there could be a larger them page for Indian laws. —LrdChaos (talk) 16:03, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Even for the Amendment One?  I assume there are lots of quotes which deserve a specific article... Anyway you raised another concern; if we merge it to another existing article, which will be the appropriate? You suggested Indian laws. I had proposed Marriage. Or we could merge it to India (as part of their life). Or just we'll delete them. I have no fixed idea for now and would like to think about it for a while. Aphaia 16:14, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I just think that a particular law is too specific; I know you mentioned that one could point to a TV show or film as "too specific", but I tend to think of a particular law as roughly on the same level as a particular episode of a TV show: it wouldn't merit its own page, but rather space on a container page with other laws/shows. As far as merging goes, I think that one or two quotes could find their way into the Marriage page; however, I would want them to be sourced, especially considering the introduction's claim that the quotes are "from the harassed victims" of the law. While they may be well-suited to comment, I don't know if they would meet notability standards. —LrdChaos (talk) 16:20, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. - InvisibleSun 00:03, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - the law is notable enough, and I really don't mind having quote pages on specific laws. That said, the article is way too one-sided. I'd say keep if we can get quotes from both sides. I would also like to rename it to Indian dowry or Dowry in India to broaden it to cover the entire issue, not just one law about. Koweja 01:04, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep I think that there is some salvageable material but it needs a rewrite.--Poetlister 22:50, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless quotes sourced. I'm not especially happy with any of the suggested renaming or mergers mentioned above, so I'm basically counting on the combination of no sources and clear POV to justify deleting this problem article. If it survives, it might be better to leave it in place than bury its material somewhere else where it will continue to push an unsourced POV — at least we could more easily see it as a problem to be fixed. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 11:50, 19 February 2007 (UTC)


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