Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ramai Pandit

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 Speedy keep due to withdrawal of nomination. Capitalistroadster 02:50, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ramai Pandit

It is unencyclopaedic to write a bio with a birth range of 500 years. Non-notable. Delete BlueValour 16:34, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom; Google also returns few hits on "Ramai Pandit" and none on "Ramai the Wise". Kalani ^[talk] 16:53, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NN and WP:V. Zos 17:01, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep the Shunya Purana is the most ancient scripture on the Dharma cult and is ascribed to Ramai Pandit. Not a lot is known about him - hence the [12th-16th century] date range. Google returns far more hits that would be expected for a Bengali of that era. See e.g. [1], [2], [3], [4] Dlyons493 Talk 19:37, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep per Dlyons. The 500 year span is irrelevant to notablilty in this case. youngamerican (ahoy-hoy) 20:15, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

• Strong keep (changed to Speedy keep): I think the original author of the page had small typos, but that's not the ground for the AfD. I'll add references to it, but for now, please refer to Banglapedia here and here. Ramai Pandit is one of the mediaeval Bengali language poets. Thanks. --Ragib 22:04, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, by now, I've added 5 references, 2 from Banglapedia (a print encyclopedia), 1 from a European conference on south asian studies, 1 from a book by Edward Washburn Hopkins, and 1 from an article from Orissa Review. I guess we can close this AfD as Speedy Keep now. --Ragib 01:52, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep notability established, beware of cultural imperialism. SM247^{My Talk} 00:39, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - "It is unencyclopaedic to write a bio with a birth range of 500 years." - don't agree. When people talk about Non-notability, they betray a lack of knowledge of the history of Buddhism in South Asia--ppm 00:06, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

  Comment - somewhat patronising I think. The dramatic narrowing of the dates makes my point that the original entry was unencyclopaedic. However, in view of the changes this has now become a useful addition to WP so I am happy to say ...

• Admin - Speedy keep as nomination withdrawn. An improved article is always a good result to an AfD. BlueValour 02:06, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Ragib, who is improving the article vastly. ImpuMozhi 00:41, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I applaud BlueValour for withdrawing the AfD nomination. Deleting this article would be a shameful example of ethnocentrism. --Jacknstock 02:14, 2 July 2006 (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.