Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baba Shanti Giri

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The result was delete. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:27, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Baba Shanti Giri[edit]

I am unable to verify this article's contents per a regular Google search, let alone Google News and Google Books. I also tried some alternate spelling without success. Now even if sources do exist that are not turning up on Google, the fact that only the Wikipedia article turns up on Google suggests that the claim this is a "famous" saint cannot be true, because famous people get multiple hits, no? Anyway, multiple editors have prodded or posted speedy delete templates as suspected hoax as well and as such it is probably worth while having a more definitive discussion rather than back and forth speedy delete templating and prodding. A Nobody^{My talk} 18:54, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I tried some other alternate spellings and found nothing either. The village of Badangarh has very few hits too, and none mention anything like this. I note that Shanti Giri could be (very) roughly translated to Holy Mountain ... Maybe a fan of the movie is attempting a zen-like prank. Gigs (talk) 19:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I see two possibilities; a) this article is a hoax b)this person is not "famous" enough to be considered notable as no sources exist. --DFS454 (talk) 19:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the lack of notability and the likelihood of it being a hoax. I've done several searches for sources and have been unable to verify this "saint's" existence. Cunard (talk) 22:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I agree with A Nobody's well-detailed and thought out nomination. However, I also did a little research of my own, and could not find anything either. The only page I could find that had anything to do with this topic was, in fact, this one. Acalamari 02:17, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. —Salih (talk) 15:28, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - If cannot verify sources, cannot verify article notability. This is just my opinion.JimmySmitts (talk) 09:19, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.