Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohanmala Gohain

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 redirect to Suremphaa. Sandstein 19:47, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mohanmala Gohain[edit]

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Currently a lack of consensus in the talk page over this article. Author wants it kept in its current form, and has threatened to re-create the article if deleted. Remaining editors agree it cannot be kept, but aren't sure if it should be deleted while Draft:Mohanmala Gohain is worked on, or redirected to Suremphaa.

Once the copyvio content was removed, we are left with a (initially unattributed) copy-paste of content from Suremphaa. Basically, the subject of this article was the heir to the throne but passed over in favour of the subject of the other article for... reasons. Nothing substantially new is in this article (other than an unreferenced sentence about the cause of death), as it is just a one-paragraph copy-paste from that part of the other article. Personally, I lean towards a redirect, but I can see why some are in favour of deletion while the draft is worked on. Singularity42 (talk) 16:23, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just adding a table for compairson:

Comparison of Mohanmala Gohain and Suremphaa
Only substantive content in Mohanmala Gohain	Content from lede of Suremphaa (before Mohanmala Gohain was created)
Mohanmala Gohain couldn't succeed the throne as his face was pitted with smallpox. Because of the norm established after Sulikphaa Lora Roja, that an Ahom prince had to be free from any physical disability, defects or deformities to become a king, His crown was passed to his brother Rajeswar Singha. His brother first act after becoming the king was to exile him to be the Raja of Namrup.	Rudra Singha's third son, Mohanmala Gohain, was considered ineligible for kingship as his face was pitted with smallpox marks. According to the norm established after Sulikphaa Lora Roja, an Ahom prince had to be free from any physical disability, defects or deformities to become a king. The new king was installed with the usual ceremonies. His first act was to exile his brother Mohanmala Gohain as the Raja of Namrup.

Singularity42 (talk) 16:36, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Singularity42 (talk) 16:23, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Royalty and nobility-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:35, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I had edited and make a totally new article about it....I am new to this if I had done something wrong than sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonardondishant (talk • contribs) 17:22, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect and keep draft around We don't need to choose between "redirect and delete the draft" and "delete the article and keep the draft". The article needs work so let's draftify it as there seems to be some potential notability of its own. If the draft ever becomes good enough, we can bring it back to mainspace. In the meantime, there's a meaningful target for redirection so let's use it. Pichpich (talk) 19:03, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify - my preference for the redirect didn't mean that work would stop on the draft :) Singularity42 (talk) 19:07, 3 March 2022 (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.