Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hindu-Muslim marriages

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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. as poorly sourced list with BLP issues, keeps doesn't have much in policy based reasoning Secret account 01:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hindu-Muslim marriages

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The article is not much more than a list of celebrity marriage with lots of red links. The few paragraphs appear to be original research. At best, material could be merged into other related articles. Delete TheRingess (talk) 06:09, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. —TheRingess (talk) 06:15, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Says it raises complex issues, then fails to discuss any of them. Could be the germ of an article, say Interfaith marriage in India, but would need much better sourcing. --Dhartung | Talk 06:20, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Please Keep: Hindu-Muslim marriages are a very controversial subject with social, religious and legal implications. They have caused many riots and disturbances. The red links are apparantly caused by some editors added names of relatively non-famous individuals. It is not intended to be a list of minor stars involved in such marriages. More discussions need to be added to the article. I hope to do some of that some time, but asistance from other wikipedia editors is invited.--Vikramsingh (talk) 06:25, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
    • As a suggestion, I think this could be covered under a more general article topic as Hindu-Muslim weddings are not the only controversial inter-faith marraige. If the H.-M. section expands sufficiently, it could then be spun off into a separate article. The "Religious aspects of marriage" sub-topic is sadly lacking in this regard, and I do agree it is an important topic.—RJH (talk) 18:36, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete based on article as it now stands. The article is mostly unsourced. Furthermore, it is unclear or ambiguous on certain key points: for example, in Pakistan, it says that "[a] Muslim man can marry a non-Muslim woman provided she converts to Islam." What about a Muslim woman who wants to marry an originally non-Muslim man who has converted to Islam? And if both parties are Muslim as of the wedding day, is that still considered a Hindu-Muslim marriage? It would be better if important points such as these were dealt with rather than compiling a list of alleged Hindu-Muslim couples. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 08:54, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete without prejedice While the article is currently just a long list of famous Hindu_Muslim marriages that can be deleted, I'm sure that if someone came back sometime and wrote a long article about Hindu-Muslim marriages and their history, it'd be great.--Phoenix-wiki 20:45, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. Article is in a very poor shape, but should be improved. That would be more constructive since the subject is notable and some sources have been already provided.Biophys (talk) 05:08, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep and improve. Even as a list, the people are notable -- some very notable -- with WP articles, where the documentation can be found. DGG (talk) 13:16, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep --Java7837 (talk) 15:50, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. —Yahel Guhan 06:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. —Yahel Guhan 06:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete-- From Wikipedia:Lists (stand-alone lists)#Lists of people, it is evident that the individuals mentioned do not satisfy one main criteria:Inter-faith marriages are not the reason for their claim to fame. Besides, there are plenty of religions in existence. What is the use of having pages for Hindu-Muslim marriages, Hindu-Christian marriages, Muslim-Christian marriages and for all possible permutations and combinations of the kind. Does it serve any academic purpose or is it even notable -Ravichandar 09:37, 23 January 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.