Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of mobile apps banned in India

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The result was merge to Internet censorship in India. (non-admin closure) Britishfinance (talk) 18:10, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

List of mobile apps banned in India[edit]

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A WP:POVFORK of Censorship in India, Internet censorship in India. There is clearly no need of this page and most of the entries on this page easily fails WP:LISTN. Tessaracter (talk) 11:29, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:09, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:09, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:10, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:10, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – The topic actually easily meets WP:LISTN, having been "discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources". See below for source examples.

References

"List of 89 apps banned for Indian Army soldiers". Business Insider (India).
"List of 59 Chinese mobile apps banned in India". Jagran Josh.
"India Bans Nearly 60 Chinese Apps, Including TikTok and WeChat". The New York Times.
"Beijing says it's 'strongly concerned' by India's decision to ban Chinese apps". CNN.
"Explained: How ban of TikTok and other Chinese apps will be enforced; the impact for Indian users". The Indian Express.
"Examining the Legal and Policy Process Behind India's Ban on Chinese Apps". The Wire.

– North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:17, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

5 of these sources are discussing about the same event. Per WP:LISTN, do you think that one can create page about every single app listed here? Orientls (talk) 16:36, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Orientls: Regarding "do you think that one can create page about every single app listed here": it appears that you are misinterpreting WP:LISTN. It states there that "the individual items in the list do not need to be independently notable" (underline emphasis mine). North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:40, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Internet censorship in India. Orientls (talk) 16:36, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per above. There is no need of a list anyway. It can be better formatted in a paragraph. Shashank5988 (talk) 16:40, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This list will grow or it will decrease, in better words there is no need to have a separate article for this subject. Every country bans apps after all but it is indeed a part of internet censorship. So I support Merge as well per above, and per WP:ATD. Santosh L (talk) 06:17, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Upon further consideration, I'm fine with a merge to Internet censorship in India, a decent WP:ATD-M in this case. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:31, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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