Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baba Ji Ka Thullu

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. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 00:22, 14 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Baba Ji Ka Thullu[edit]

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Though it's cute that this article has lasted as long as it has, it fails our notability criteria for hand gestures, on account of Wikipedia not having notability criteria for hand gestures. There has been no effort to properly establish that this is a mainstream concept that has received widespread attention from independent reliable sources, so our general notability guideline has not been satisfied. Even assuming this was some sort of hand gesture / slang expression combo, I think WP:NEOLOGISM would apply here as this appears to be a semi-recent concept relevant only to a relatively small group of fans of this series. I think someone's trying to make "fetch" happen. I notice that I don't see any article on the Fonz's "Sit on it" or Hannibal's "I love it when a plan comes together." and those catch phrases had long lasting social impact.

At best, this Babaji Ka Thullu thing would be a sentence or two at Comedy Nights with Kapil, but even that's debatable. I thought about merging the content to the main article but couldn't bring myself to do it, on account of how bizarre it would be to have a section devoted solely to a single hand gesture/catch phrase. If someone else feels comfortable doing this, then I'll yield on deletion. Otherwise, I feel that if it's bizarre to have a section in an article devoted to this, it's even more bizarre to have an entire article dedicated to it. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:11, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:54, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:54, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:54, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - slang term and gesture with a very limited appeal - Adamstraw99 (talk) 08:38, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no evidence of WP:GNG; certainly not enough for a stand-alone article anyway Spiderone 21:20, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Should probably be a one line mention in Kapil Sharma (comedian), not an entire article. Elia Soaten (talk) 23:08, 7 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per nomination. SM7^--talk-- 18:35, 10 January 2017 (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.