Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Indo Jamaican

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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 keep. Singularity 05:35, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Indo Jamaican

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Unreferenced since creation, speedied once and reposted verbatim by the same user, reads as original research. May be salvageable but needs extensive referencing if it is to be kept. We also have articles on Indo-Trinidadian, Indo-Guyanese and Wikipedia seems to be the top reference for all these terms. Guy (Help!) 11:56, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep It may read as original research but as the source I give shows, it certainly isn't. It needs to be rewritten rather than nominated for deletion as the 'Indian' community in the West Indies, especially in Trinidad and Guyana but in Jamaica too, is an important part of the population and history. Nine seconds with google shows that this piece is heavily based on this article from the Jamaican Gleaner [1]. It's certainly in need of more rewriting but the nominator's original reasoning isn't valid. The original sources for the article are: Mansingh, L. and A. "The Indian tradition lives on" in A tapestry of Jamaica ­ The best of Skywritings, Air Jamaica's in-flight magazine. Kingston: Creative Communications Ltd. and Oxford: Macmillan Publishers. p. 364-366, Mansingh, L. and A. Indian heritage in Jamaica in The Jamaica Journal, 10, (2,3,4), 10-19, Parboosingh, I.S. An Indo-Jamaica beginning in The Jamaica Journal, 18, (3), 2-10, 12, Sherlock, P. and Bennett, H. (1998). The story of the Jamaican people. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, Shepherd, V. Transients to citizens ­ The development of a settled East Indian Community in The Jamaica Journal, 18, (3), 17-26. Nick mallory 12:37, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletions. -- the wub "?!" 13:48, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per Nick. Wl219 16:11, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per Nick Mallory. --Michig 22:02, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Would suggest a rename too to incorporate all Indian communities in the Caribbean. -- Roleplayer 09:00, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment There's already a more global Indo-Caribbean article. Wl219 18:33, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Jamaicans of East Indian descent are the second largest group in Jamaica after African-Jamaicans, and there already is an article for Chinese Jamaicans. Blackjays1 07:22, 8 September 2007 (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.