Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Varanasi

Varanasi
Unmemorable quotes, only two exist. Second one is about Shahjahan's actions there, not focusing on quotes about the city. — 157.39.200.248 11:12, 28 December 2017 (UTC) . Delete - Prima facie they are unmemorable. The page is pointless. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 16:13, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 12:00, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

. Delete: I've seen the disruptive edits made by the creator editor. And to be honest some article with unmemorable two quotes shouldn't be here. 103.40.197.121 15:11, 3 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep. Seriously, deleting the page for the holiest of the sacred cities in Hinduism? That the page can be expanded is obvious, but it is not a cause for deletion. It also appears that the deletion nomination is motivated by suppression of "inconvenient" information, which is not what a wiki is about. As others have said, I'd also suggest to you to try to find other quotes that might represent an alternative POV instead of trying to suppress or censor information. Please also note that one person should only vote once in the deletion discussion (not saying anybody voted twice, but it looks a bit suspicious). The fact that, in the words of Diane Eck, during these "hard centuries", "parts of Banaras were destroyed repeatedly", and "at least six times the temples of Kashi were destroyed", is an important part of the history of Benares and deserves a quote. Varanasi is the city of temples, there is no reason why there shouldn't be a quote about its sacred places. But you're right that they could be placed in an article with quotes about Hindu temples in Varanasi, if there are enough quotes to justify a separate article, but otherwise they default to this article. I have already started expanding the article and will expand and improve it more. --Jedi3 (talk) 18:24, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment: It is your burden that an article worth staying here is created, not mine and I don't have the time to try to correct your article anyway. It consisted of mostly two unmemorable quotes. That's why I listed it for deletion like a normal article. Are you someone special who shouldn't be added? You didn't bother editing it for months till the final day of the deletion discussion. Also please note that "Temples under construction/Unfinished temple" is not the same as "Existing temple at the time". The article is not about Temples of Varanasi, but your quote about "Unfinished temples" under Shah Jahan is not about those Temples already existing and complete. At least quote correctly about the topic you refer to. 157.39.188.164 12:39, 5 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment: You must remain neutral, read WQ:NPOV. There should be no agenda-pushing here. Quoting Hindutva authors often whose quotes are not known much except outside one section - believers in Hindutva, does not qualify it to be an article worth being here. Though there are other authors as well, you have clearly never followed to do anything except quote as per your bias. Everyone must follow the rules. Neutrality is a part of Wikiquote rules and policies.
 * And it is you who should first try to find all POVs to create a perfect article rather than ask others. My vote is is not for "supression of information", only "supression of bias/non-neutral editing and poor quality quotes". This is a Wiki of quotes. Not Wikipedia where you add facts and inform the readers about the facts. Even your new content is not much really notable. Only Mark Twain is an exception but not much. The article is also not about unfinished temples which you quoted or even any completed temples. Your comments about "parts of Benares" destroyed are irreleveant to some under-construction temples. This should be about Varanasi, not another topic. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 16:28, 6 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep – see the Mark Twain quote. ~ DanielTom (talk) 23:35, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment:This vote has been cast beyond the vote closing limit. Regardless, I fail to see how one quote from Twain can make it worthy of staying even though the others are really not worth considering. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 00:39, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * If MonsterHunter is so concerned about User:DanielTom voting "too late", should we also be concerned about suspicious possible double or triple voting? IP User:103.223.8.148 from Punjab suddenly appeared on 27 Dec (the IP's edits on wikipedia, which also tried to remove information on poor excuses, were reverted by an admin on wikipedia). On the same day, only few hours later, User:MonsterHunter pops up and nominates the first article for deletion. One day later another IP User:157.39.200.248 from Punjab nominates the second article for deletion. Next day, MonsterHunter also votes for deletion of the Varanasi article, a few days later a new IP User:103.40.197.121 from Punjab again votes to delete the Varanasi article. At which point the suspicious activity was mentioned in the discussion. Since then MonsterHunter and IPs from Punjab have been editing in the same manner, both in wikiquote and in wikipedia. Please understand that one person should only vote once in the discussion, otherwise it would skew the discussion. All this effort for an article that, before the deletion nomination, was only viewed about 5 times a week? (It is also possible that these accounts from Punjab are different persons or friends, but the coincidence of so many accounts from Punjab at the same time looks suspicious.) --Jedi3 (talk) 11:04, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I've actually been present here for some time and made a few edits before, I haven't just "shown up" suddenly. But it seems to me you are not happy about your actions being notified or reverted. There might be IPs from one country as these articles might only mostly arouse interest in one country. But anyone can vote here. I've seen this "suspicious drama" claim before. I also added Daniel Tom's vote back a few minutes later after my "concern". My only concern is this - Please follow the rules Jedi3. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 13:18, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Also while talking, my concern is as to why DanielTom is suddenly backing you up on every article. Like you who showed up at last chance [though after months of doing nothing], he shows up at the last chance to vote here. I did some digging and also found out he's on another article Tipu Sultan which you were as well. And you both seem to be making the same statements while knowing little about the rules. Your actions seem really fishy to me. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 13:36, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The suspicious votes are all from the same region/same state (Punjab), and only hours or days apart, and they all gave very similar voting rationale ("unmemorable"). In contrast, my voting rationale was very different from the voting rationale that User:DanielTom gave. --Jedi3 (talk) 14:00, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

The limit is not set in stone. More !votes (especially by experienced users) are always welcome. This discussion showed up in the Recent Changes, which I patrol pretty much every day, so I decided to look at the article. To me, it's obvious that it should be kept, and will be kept. Re "why DanielTom is suddenly backing you up on every article" – the answer is, he isn't. I'm not actually "backing" anyone. When I see unreasonable removals of material in the Recent Changes, I revert them. That's what happened at Tipu Sultan. And the quote I restored wasn't even added by Jedi3 in the first place. So I don't see how that's relevant to this discussion. ~ DanielTom (talk) 14:27, 9 January 2018 (UTC) P.S. MonsterHunter32 edited this page at "23:14, 5 January 2018‎", and I cast my !vote at "23:35, 5 January 2018‎". ~ DanielTom (talk) 14:42, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

"Unmemorable" is used as a reason by nearly everyone to list on Votes for deletion. What kind of comments are you making? Also I didn't say your reason was same as DanielTom, I said your behaviour was same. And you seem to have the same behaviour of telling others what to do and not. But as for reason they do seem similar, Jedi3 says at the last time he'll add a few relevant quotes but considers little relevant changes except one quote, Daniel Tom shows up after vote limit expires and says he supports it because of one measly quote. Also DanielTom, it is suprising how you are showing up for one user again and again. Also as far as I remember I only added a comment on 5 January, I didn't vote. There seems to be a similar pattern of blaming others of made-up claims and altering facts to push your agenda. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 21:27, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It is not "surprising" considering I'm being pinged. And I didn't say you voted. You edited it, so it showed up in the Recent Changes. ~ DanielTom (talk) 21:35, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I was pinging both of you as you both had commented. And even if it showed up, I'm still surprised as to why you are showing up at the same places as him or why you'll be interested. I am constantly monitoring him, that's why I show up wherever he edit-wars or makes disruptive edits. But that certainly is nowhere the case for you. And your reasons for your edits do seem rather nonsensical. I don't say you are necessarily the same, but there is something suspicious in the similar behaviour. Anyway many articles have been deleted on Wikiquote for having "unmemorable" or non-notable quotes. The page should be improved and I hope User:Jedi3 makes a real effort. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 22:02, 9 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep — I see no creditable reason for eliminating a page on a notable location because it has not yet developed beyond a few quotes, or because the creator of the page is disliked, and its current state seems to be one where notable quotes are presented. ~ ♞☤☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:18, 9 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment: Another user showing up out of nowhere. There is only one notable quote. Votes to keep it are being made over frivolous reasons one after another. Regardless I will change my vote if someone honestly attempts at improving the page beyond one notable quote. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 23:47, 9 January 2018 (UTC)


 * This user MonsterHunter, and his many IPs, have been disruptive from the start. His only reason to be here seems to be their vendetta and wikihounding against me. He even admits above that he is stalking me ("I am constantly monitoring him"). This includes revengeful deletion nominations of articles I created like this one, reverts for perfectly reasonable edits like here  and many other articles on very poor excuses, and countless personal attacks. If this continues, and if he is not blocked by then, I will be demanding an interaction ban. --Jedi3 (talk) 12:43, 10 January 2018 (UTC)


 * You are talking about vendetta. But had this vote went in your favour, you wouldn't have been bothered of commenting here like in my deletion petition regarding Hindu–Islamic relations, let alone blame me of using IPs. Besides if you don't want to interact with me, you can stop. It is not my fault. You want to do what you want, then I'm going to have you blocked for edit-warring. You are also making-up rules, eg calling for quotes to be shifted to disputed or Misattributed (they're the same thing in meaning) when rules like Misattributed  and Template:Remove say only quotes that are genuinely Disputed or Misattributed should be shifted to "Misattributed" section. I warn you not to make-up your own rules and follow the actual rules. You add your edits based on poorly made-up excuses. Read the rules. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 00:16, 11 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Also I reverted your edit here and here on Wilkie Collins because I don't see an entire section for two small quotes necessary. Simple. It was I who improved the article significantly while you never bothered to improve it, check the history. Don't blame me. You are the ome who never really cared about the article of Wilkie Collins, so please don't pretend about it. MonsterHunter32 (talk) 00:23, 11 January 2018 (UTC)