Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bhagwan Swaminarayan's Divinity

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 of the debate was delete. Sango123 03:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bhagwan Swaminarayan's Divinity Claim

This article shows:

• No original reasearch, and bases itself on quotes taken from different Hindu scriptures, which constitute, along with unchecked translations, most of the article.
• POV in its title which states a claim as a fact.
• Verifiability issues, giving no references. -- Sfacets 06:19, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

If you want to find the facts than you need to read them scriptures being they are not on wikipedia. -- Raj - सनातन धर्म 15:16, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, however no sources are given. Merely entering whole sections of quoted text doesn't base the claims on fact. -- Sfacets 03:09, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

These quotes are the same ones used on the Swaminarayan page, so this should stand. -- 83.67.4.89 21:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

You cannot justify the lack of sources by their presence (no, actually there are no sources on that page either) in another article. Sfacets 04:16, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This AfD nomination was incomplete, listing now. — TheKMan^talk 04:58, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. It reads like a sermon, and I really don't see what else can be written about it. I'm not one to say we ought to delete something in order to start over, but I really don't think this subject has any particular merit or significance - it's just a bunch of scripture quotes. Falcon 06:26, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - the article is a mess, in terms of POV and even basic organization. Em-jay-es 06:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete the name is enough to keep it from a useful redirect. just a bunch of quotes per Falcon - Peripitus (Talk) 07:11, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, fails WP:NOR and WP:NPOV, and is horribly written. --Coredesat 07:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, POV article. --Terence Ong _{(talk | contribs | ESP)} 09:02, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Hopelessly POV, all material is duplicated on the main Bhagwan_Swaminarayan page in any case. Tevildo 09:39, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, pov, nor. -999 (Talk) 15:29, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

This article does what it says, it try's to claim Bhagwan Swaminarayans divinity with facts and quotes from scriptures so what is the problem? Raj - सनातन धर्म 14:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Comment Please refer to WP:NOR and WP:NPOV, which other commentors have cited as problems with this article.

• Delete, seems impossible to rescue from its nonneutral point-of-view and is additionally (almost) totally comprised of original research. Either of these is a problem, but both together equals "delete". -- Docether 16:30, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete per nom. --Xyrael ^T 17:12, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. —Khoikhoi 02:45, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete WP:NPOV, WP:NOR. Maybe merge it into Bhagwan Swaminarayan? Frankchn 11:23, 15 June 2006 (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.