Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shanku

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The result was Delete. Regarding redirect, the person who removed the redirect and expanded the article indicated that the two terms Shanku and Shankha do not mean the same thing. --MelanieN (talk) 03:15, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shanku[edit]

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This page has zero sources listed and no other reliable sources that I can find. Without any reputable secondary sources, it should not exist on Wikipedia. BurritoSlayer (talk) 18:44, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2015 September 4. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 18:56, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 19:48, 4 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 05:38, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 05:38, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I was not even able to conclusively confirm that a 4th-century government minister named "Shanku" even existed. It should be rather easy to at least verify the existence of someone who was purportedly so important. Therefore, a seemingly obscure person whose very existence is difficult to confirm (using reliable sources) certainly fails GNG. --Biblioworm 00:20, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete but, BurritoSlayer (I find that username amusing, BTW) and Biblioworm, what about restoring the original redirect instead of simply deleting? (I'm not familiar with Shankha but I'm assuming it's still a plausible search term) SwisterTwister talk 07:06, 10 September 2015 (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.