Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gounder (caste)

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 No consensus to delete; default to "keep". - Philippe 03:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gounder (caste)

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Prodded as All attempts to find reliable sources failed, Patent Nonsense. The template was in fact removed once and put back so the deletion was not perfectly according to the procedure. After a complaint, I am putting it here. Check the history of the article as well. No opinion from my side. Tone 13:17, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

• Keep/Delete I don't know which side I want to take either. Nothing444 15:44, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
• Comment I've added a reference which may help decide whether to keep this article. -- MightyWarrior (talk) 15:54, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
• Comment: On the Kongu Vellalar disambiguation page, it looks like both the Gounder (caste) and Vellala Gounder articles are content forks about the same subject. --Snigbrook ^(talk) 22:10, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
• Comment. Gounder (title) also appears to have overlapping content. I'm not making any specific recommendation because I just can't get my head round all these articles on South Asian castes/clans/tribes/surnames etc., but it does seem to me that we have too many articles covering the same ground here and that some merging should take place. Phil Bridger (talk) 13:32, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
• Merge. Agreeing with Phil Bridger above - there's a good article in here somewhere, but it needs to be sorted out. See also: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Kongu Vellalars. Dreamyshade (talk) 07:05, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 21:28, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

• Merge There appears to be some good referenced information in the various articles about these castes/families. A suitable expert is required to sort out a consistent set of article titles and merge/re-arrange the material appropriately. In the meanwhile, perhaps some preliminary merging could take place where there is obvious overlap in material. -- MightyWarrior (talk) 09:45, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Gounder is a major caste in Tamil Nadu. Gounder (title) may be merged with Gounder (caste). Within the Gounder caste, there are many subcastes exists. Vellala Gounder is one of the prominent among them. --Salih (talk) 16:52, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
• Delete There is already a Vellala Gounder article. Moreover Gounder (caste) could not be merged with Vellala Gounder as it is poorly sourced. Hence, it is better to delete the article-Ravichandar 04:21, 1 April 2008 (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.