Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gypsy (Rajput clan)

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. ✗plicit 06:03, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gypsy (Rajput clan)[edit]

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This is a pile of WP:Synthesis advancing the claim that there is a Rajput clan of gypsies, or possibly that all gypsies are a Rajput clan. It adds nothing of value to History of the Romani people, which discusses various current theories of origin. Article creator is now indefinitely blocked for creating articles like this, and for claiming to be an "AI model". Proposed deletion was contested without comment on 22 April by User:Shushugah. Uncle Spock (talk) 05:52, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Ethnic groups, History, and India. Uncle Spock (talk) 05:52, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Aintabli (talk) 06:27, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 06:40, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to History of the Romani people. The article puts forward a very precise theory and has a remarkably large number of references for its length, but the evidence cited in the other article is much less precise, which suggests that the present article is putting forward one POV as fact, when that fact is not established. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:18, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:54, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep with minor changes. There's a lot of reliable records cited here for the proposed existence of this clan and it's widely discussed in anthro circles. The history of the Romani ppl is complex and I think having this separate article with some modifications would help main articles re: Romani people from getting too "in the weeds" genealogically. If someone wants to edit the page to make it clear that this is widely proposed but yet settled categorisation as per the sources, that would be better. Cliffordben1994 (talk) 08:06, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete WP:POVFORK of Romani people -small jars tc 08:10, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Racism masquerading as academia. Might as well salt it, too, plenty of other ways for readers to find Romani history on Wikipedia without this redirect. 162.219.131.183 (talk) 03:24, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, this is a WP:POVFORK. Tayi Arajakate _Talk 05:22, 8 May 2023 (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.