Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of dignitaries to visit India

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The result was keep. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:01, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of dignitaries to visit India[edit]

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No need for such lists. Obviously, India is a important country and every leader of the world will visit here. Second, this list is incomplete. --Saki ^talk 07:41, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. I made this list BECAUSE I could not find one myself. I have used this in some documents I wrote. Ofcourse the list is incomplete, thats because I cannot find the data required to fill it. This is BECAUSE there are no such lists anywhere. I have put in considerable effort to update this with as much information and as accurate (with sources) as possible. I do not agree that this article is "useless" based on your personal opinion. Furthermore, apart from your claim that it is "useless", there is no other reason for deletion according to the deletion policy. Some class mates have also used this list during their studies for analysis of geopolitical issues. LogicDictates (talk) 11:03, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep per Category:Diplomatic visits by heads of government, Category:Diplomatic visits by heads of state and the articles on U.S. presidential visits. When I think about it, it is actually a damn good idea. Only 3 U.S. presidents have visited India in 60 years; everytime a Pakistani, Chinese leader makes a state visit it is a major event with geopolitical ramifications. Many state visits are major events in the geopolitical history of the country, if not the region. Especially when you want to learn how the evolution of foreign relations of a country just when it got independence - this is like mapping the evolution of foreign policy of a country. The author is not offering original research and as long as reliable sources are used, there should be no problem. However, I strongly recommend Rename to maybe, List of state visits to India - "Dignitaries" is just too vague. Shiva (Visnu) 20:52, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, rename and clarify inclusion criteria as per Shiva (Visnu). Pburka (talk) 23:47, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and rename per Shiva (Visnu). Good points, well made, and I see no reason this couldn't constitute a very useful article. --Korruski (talk) 16:20, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I would support a list limited to heads of state and heads of government, like the other lists. this is indiscriminate, & I do not use that word very often. DGG ( talk ) 00:44, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep subject to renaming as "List of state visits to India" or similar, and removal of those "dignitaries" who do not qualify for a state visit (such as a Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy). As it stands, the definition of "dignitary" is both too broad and too subjective. Jimmy Pitt talk 19:27, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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