Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rousing Call to Hindu Nation

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 keep. Keeping for now based on discussion. SarahStierch (talk) 03:49, 4 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rousing Call to Hindu Nation[edit]

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I see no evidence that this particular book is of any particular importance. DGG ( talk ) 04:12, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is not the first time that I have seen Indian best-seller and landmark books are being nominated for deletion. About RctHN Rousing Call to Hindu Nation, and translated into all major Bharatiya languages, became a favourite among the educated youth This notable book is widely used as reference everywhere. --Tito☸Dutta 04:44, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral The book is obviously notable by application of common sense but, in the absence of a better sourced article, I have a hard time expressing an opinion in favor of keeping this entry. I'd be just as fine seeing it deleted. Given the noteworthiness of the subject, we'd be more likely to see an adequately cited and referenced recreation spring-up in a fairly quick period of time if there was no entry for this book, versus what is - in essence - a placeholder. DocumentError (talk) 06:16, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@DocumentError:, just yesterday I archived a news article where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told this book was her biggest source of inspiration. Search with "Call to Nation" (alternative title) here. Simpe Google search showed this book was translated into all major Indian languages (that means at least 7-8 languages). I am not asking you consider this as an AFD point, but just think, a book is being translated to 7-8 languages (at least), does not it prove its popularity and influence? It is a pain to find sources of these books, as it is mentioned in WP:INDAFD Tito☸Dutta 07:48, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Great. As I said, this book is obviously notable. DocumentError (talk) 07:50, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"we'd be more likely to see an adequately cited and referenced recreation spring-up in a fairly quick period of time if there was no entry for this book, versus what is - in essence - a placeholder" - That is manifestly not true. Only registered users can create new articles, so we would immediately exclude a large number of editors from the equation by deleting the article. And even a one sentence stub reduces the amount of typing that has to be done. James500 (talk) 14:27, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 01:45, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 01:45, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 01:48, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I recognize the difficulty of locating usable sourcing for books in this area. But without it, how can we tell which books are significant and which books are not? That one person regards a book highly is not notability. Translations can be, even though it is fairly common for religious and inspirational and political material to be translated into as many languages as possible. Are all his books translated into multiple languages? Can you prove the translations? When I write an article about a book, I add publication information for every individual translation I can identify. DGG ( talk ) 16:49, 29 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

@DGG:, I found that "translation" information in Google Book's snippet view. Yes it is very difficult to find sources in this area. You have to do everything manually. I have just found this news article which mentions the book. --Tito☸Dutta 07:48, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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