Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Koli culture

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. Note that if references are found, that the article should be recreated. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 01:50, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Koli culture

Koli culture (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Page is apparently entirely WP:OR, no real references. Tan | 39 17:47, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

• Comment: Article looks to be by a new editor, nomination was made only 6 minutes after the first draft of the article. AlbinoFerret (talk) 18:13, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I was doing new page patrol. Too much info and possible notability for a speedy, but there is nothing sourced in the article as it is. As I said, appears to be entirely original research. Tan | 39 18:33, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

• Comment there is a Kolis article. Perhaps the creator of the article can merge his article there as a culture section.--Lenticel ^(talk) 22:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Again, I would agree, but there is zero verifiable information on this page. If you read the talk page, I offered to help, but the author either has no references or is unwilling to actually post them. Tan | 39 22:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I see, should there be no improvement during the five day run of the Afd then we should redirect it to the parent article. The draft can be sandboxed as well per Blaxthos. I'll post this afd in WP:INDIA, maybe they could help--Lenticel ^(talk) 00:42, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

• Delete Move to user's sandbox if necessary. Blaxthos ( t / c ) 22:53, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect. It may be that the author has been working on the page since the AFD nomination, but it seems to me that there are more attempted references here than in the article on Kolis. Some are badly formatted wikilinks. Others are attempted offsite links to Flickr photos and other possibly unreliable sources. But despite the old saying (If at first you don't succeed, destroy the evidence you ever tried) instant perfection is not required. It still strikes me that this article tries to muster more evidence than the article in chief on Kolis currently contains. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
• Comment: I would support this if the initiator was hanging in here - the impulse seems very worthy, but the execution has some way to go. I can't help because I don't know anything about Kolis. May I add, in parenthesis, this note to myself: I find nominations like this being made after just 6 minutes utterly disgusting, and I really must find the energy to raise the issue of out of control cowboy deletion enthusiasts in the appropriate place.--Geronimo20 (talk) 10:15, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

  I don't see why or how a personal attack on a nominator is in anyway helpful Geronimo20. This article could've been speedy tagged as no context based on the article's condition at the time of nomination, and it would've likely been carried out by an admin. Bringing it to AfD instead at least was a good faith attempt to give it some time because it was a new editor. Your bad faith comment was completely unnecessary. The next time you have something to note to yourself, in parenthesis (sic), I recommend you do it elsewhere. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 16:23, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

It has been eight days since I nominated this for AfD. There are still zero actual references. If you look at the talk page of the article, I made a definite good-faith attempt to help the author add any references he had; there has been no real action. I still stand solidly by my delete nom (and recommend userfication). Tan | 39 16:29, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

• Comment: How can I add references like follows.

http://www.indiaprofile.com/lifestyle/kolis.htm http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/history/ethnic/koli.html http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/history/ http://annaparabrahma.blogspot.com/2006/10/chavlachi-roti.html http://www.everyculture.com/South-Asia/Koli.html http://www.indianetzone.com/9/koli_tribe.htm

This article may need modifications as per wiki standards. I am looking for help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkoli (talk • contribs) 09:03, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

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