Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black Day (Nepal)


 * 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 delete. Transwiki to wiktionary should be requested at WP:REFUND; the consensus here seems to be that this topic doesn't have enough "substance" to make a wiki article. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 07:53, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Black Day (Nepal)

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The article reads like a list of multiple so-called black days that are observed as national/widely observed annual commemorative events. Most of them are just one-off events that were described as such in some news reporting/blogs. Some that were major events are still not shown to be periodic events but a single event/point-making, in the references, but are presented in a misleading way in the article. For example; the disambiguation page that lists this page mentions only the anniversary of promulgation of the constitution(and not half a dozen other black days mentioned in the article); yet the sources cited here report of only the very day of promulgation and no anniversaries thereafter. I don't see any way that it's good enough for wikipedia, yet I can not categorise it as anything. I don't even know what issues to raise. Would editors please look at the content and the references and then discuss this one? Best I can say is, that the article (as it reads and in using common sense) fails verification and as such notability, maybe? It's just weird nonsense to me. Thank you! Usedtobecool (talk) 17:18, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nepal-related deletion discussions. Usedtobecool (talk) 17:18, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Also, please pay attention to the reliability/credibility of the sources cited. Usedtobecool (talk) 17:24, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:07, 27 May 2019 (UTC)


 * My initial impression is that this should not be deleted. I find it credible that there can be multiple "black days" in Nepal, and a brief perusal of the sources shows the language "black day" applied to multiple tragic events. Bus stop (talk) 18:23, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
 * It's common practice to call "Black day" when something one dislikes happens, at least in South Asia (just google black day news). One group can call a "Black day".That's not the same as a country observing a black day, like an anniversary. And a news report can characterise a tragedy as a black day. That's just a figure of speech. "Black day" is a common phrase of protest/tragedy in South Asia (maybe elsewhere too?). But that's not what this article is about. Black day, here, is akin to Independence day, as far as I can tell. Usedtobecool (talk) 18:39, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   17:24, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. These appear to be events described as "black day"s. These are not officially recognized, recurring occurrences - no black days in Public holidays in Nepal. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:26, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
 * DELETE - This strikes me as being more appropriate for wiktionary. From reading a batch of articles it seems that during some protests, people have carried small black flags [ref.9] or black armbands, and called for black-outs for an hour. So I think it means something distinct from the English-language usage. It may be a colloquialism but news stories use the term as a proper noun that doesn't require elaboration.
 * The other use is the same as everywhere else in the world — an allusion to a very bad day — and seems to be used in the Nepalese wiki for a recent, terrible earthquake. A search through ne.wiki for "कालो दिन" came up with three results including also WWI and in the works of a poet. Given potential language issues, and because of WP:NOTDIC, I don't think it should have a page here but I do think it should have representation within the wiki system. Perhaps some of the page's contents related to the 2015 constitution should be added to that page as there seems to be news coverage of the protests although I didn't see an in-depth description of the issues (but I wasn't looking for one). ogenstein (talk) 03:30, 4 June 2019 (UTC)


 * 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.