Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karanam

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. - Mailer Diablo 08:17, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] karanam

No hits on google for this as a caste name. If it is legit, should merge with caste Kghose 04:49, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per nomination. - Kghose 04:50, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
• Comment Google, searching for Khandayat and Karana has results, but Karanam seems to be a typo, or morphological variation of the caste name. should be merged per nom. jnothman ^talk 06:34, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep – I don't know about the veracity of the text, but my gut feeling is that this is a useful article. It should not be merged with caste, as it appears to be a specific subcaste. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:19, 5 November 2005 (UTC) Withdrawing my vote. =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:47, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as the description in the article refers to Kayastha caste; Karanam is a surname in Andhra Pradesh (e.g. Karnam Malleswari) and not necessarily a caste name. As late as 1980, the officers who maintained village records and were native of a village were known as karanams. The institution of Karanam is at least around 500 years old. So, while the name definitely exists, it is not a caste name and definitely doesn't fit the content in the article. Seems like an evil hoax.--Gurubrahma 07:44, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per gurubrahma, but merge whatever can be salvaged into Kayastha. --Pamri ^{• Talk • Reply} 15:39, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Good! Some people from south india who know about this :) Thanks for taking time to comment. I will try port the description into Kayastha under caste. Be bold and edit it:). Kghose 15:54, 8 November 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.