Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Witch Prohibition Act

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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. Sr13 03:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Witch Prohibition Act

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Not sure what it is about. No reliable soureces (one external link to tabloid-like web site's article). I can't find that act in India's law databases (or such crime in penal code of India). It compromises Wikipedia. OldEnt § 03:31, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete - Article has been a stub since 2005, no WP:RS show up in a casual Google search. -- Kesh 03:40, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete unless verifiable sources are added to prove existence of the Act. It would be notable if the Act existed but cannot find any reliable sources for it. Davewild 07:05, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete The only source I could find is this blog according to this source the law is about protecting people from being accused of witchcraft not prosecuting witchcraft. Mieciu K 12:33, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, weakly, and without prejudice to re-creation. The external link in fact goes to the Times of India website, which I'd hesitate to call a "tabloid." The subject seems notable enough, but perhaps a more opportune English title might exist. Reliable sources for the subject almost certainly exist, but may not be in English, so an English web search may be unavailing. Suggest redirecting this to Asian witchcraft, where the incident related in the external link belongs. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:22, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, There is no information to verify this claim. -Vcelloho 15:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - As per WP:CITE.--Edtropolis 16:02, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • If more reliable sources can be provided (yes the article has been around long enough to where it already should have had sources -- maybe the AfD will get the article creator's rear is gear), then it should be keeped, otherwise deleted. It appears to have 1 reliable source already (I think the India Times counts as a RS), maybe I can find something on this. --sumnjim talk with me·changes 16:15, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • I'm not quite sure about the actual "witch prohibition act", but I found these sources and dealt with the killing of witches in India, and one article about the prosecution of one of the killers [1] [2] [3] [4] --sumnjim talk with me·changes 16:27, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. It does seem notable, but it doesn't have any more sources.--Edtropolis 16:36, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Most of Google hits are Wikipedia mirros or Wikipedia sourced articles. [5] OldEnt § 16:48, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete- per WP:CITE. Eddie 18:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions. Bakaman 23:59, 18 June 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.