Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thirucharanathumalai

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 no consensus; kept. Johnleemk | Talk 09:27, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thirucharanathumalai

Non-notable Jamie 11:45, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - for the first time in my life, I am deciding to delete a real place. Why? Well, a woeful 3 google hits is why. I am sorry, but any town worthy of an encyclopaedia should have been written about more than that! Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 12:45, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

• Comment Would vote later. A more nondescript place called Pulikkanny - also from Kerala - was voted for keep late last week because it seems that any real place is worth an article. Pulikkanny had two google hits less than Thirucharanathumalai. Tintin 13:25, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Strong keep Verifiable place with strong history related to Jainism - see e.g. [1] Dlyons493 Talk 13:46, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep real places. This is one case where Google will reflect the same systemic bias that WP is prone to - Western concepts, places, people, will have many more hits on Google and much more written about them here. ESkog | ^Talk 15:07, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Strong keep per Dlyons, ESkog. Suggest investigating whether there are other transliterations of name. Perodicticus 15:36, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - because its a place. Also bear in mind that most internet references to Indian/Pakistani places will be in a different alphabet which wont show up on Google if you type in the English transliteration so the "Google count" gets distorted. Jameswilson 23:00, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete -- does not actually seem to be a town, just a somewhat insignificant hill. (The town that is referenced should have its own article, though.) Haikupoet 04:00, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep -- American villages with one-tenth the population/local significance will have a thousand times more google hits, which can be used to justify keeping them. Google hits is not always a good yardstick. deeptrivia (talk) 16:48, 20 December 2005 (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.