Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hari Singh Burdak

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The result was delete. Davewild (talk) 06:42, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hari Singh Burdak[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG. I can find nothing but mirrors etc for this person. The one cited source is that of a caste-affiliated pressure group who like to "big things up". Not every freedom fighter is notable in the Wikipedia sense of the term, even though they may have been a local hero. Sitush (talk) 00:15, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment-looking over the history it seem to have a long history of a copyright violation until 2010. Then after that nothing really exciting it seems. Wgolf (talk) 00:17, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. lavender|^{(formerlyHMSSolent)}|lambast 00:27, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. lavender|^{(formerlyHMSSolent)}|lambast 00:27, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:GNG. Joseph2302 (talk) 00:53, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per nom Educationtemple (talk) 01:28, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I performed one Google Books but to no avail and there's not much else to help search. Maybe he was notable locally or there's a language barrier but, if he's notable, it's better to translate and remake it and I'm not sure what to make of the one reference listed. SwisterTwister talk 19:24, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the one source that is there, a samaj is an organisation. In this case, it can be loosely translated as the Jat Caste Society. They are pressure groups who often produce pseudo-histories to justify or improve their status in the wider caste system. That is why we deprecate them as sources. Sanskritisation was a significant factor in the rise of various samaj from the 1880s through to Indian independence, but the posturing continues today. - Sitush (talk) 19:30, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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