Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Controversial claims and punchlines by KP Sharma Oli


 * 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. Consensus is that this is an inappropriate topic for a separate article. The pronouncements of the Nepali Prime Minister can be covered in the article about him if there is editorial consensus to do so and if they are not given WP:UNDUE weight.  Sandstein  13:49, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Controversial claims and punchlines by KP Sharma Oli

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Not an appropriate topic for a stand-alone article per WP:SALAT. Can possibly merge into KP Sharma Oli. ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯  talk  08:26, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN MEDUSA   talk  08:41, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Nepal-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN MEDUSA   talk  08:41, 14 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete - anything notable can be covered in individual's page. Pages like this could balloon until every controversial figure has a list of controversial things they've said. I'd rather avoid that. ‡ Єl Cid of Valencia  talk  13:00, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. The only entry in the "List of controversial punchlines" section says, "You cannot reach America riding a bullock cart." There is no context as to what joke this is supposed to be a punchline to or why it was controversial. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 14:19, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep:I am the one who started the article. Reasons below.
 * @ɴᴋᴏɴ21-I thought of that (i.e. to put it inside KP Sharma Oli) before starting, but due to nature of article, it could mislead the biography. Also, because this guy is the Prime minister since the last two elections, I feel, his controversial doings should be documented separately. One more thing, if you had intended to merge, you should have suggested it in the talk page. Right? Isn't delete the wrong tagging?
 * @ ‡ Єl Cid of Valencia: That is your personal preference. Not a valid reason to delete.
 * @Metropolitan90: I agree partially. The section has been emptied for now. But again, that is not the valid reason to delete nirmal (talk) 13:28, 16 July 2020 (UTC)


 * I think it is a reason to delete, because the article was started from the premise that Oli has controversial punchlines, and yet no controversial punchlines are listed in the article. This article places undue weight upon the allegedly controversial statements of a politician, such that an article about four of his statements is about 20% of the size of the biography of his entire life at KP Sharma Oli. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 17:38, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:SOAPBOX. I note that Veracity of statements by Donald Trump exists but KP Sharma Oli is neither prolific enough nor his statements receive that much coverage. I am also not sure if this soapboxing would be accepted on main KP Sharma Oli page. Abhishek0831996 (talk) 08:43, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete I have to agree that KP Sharma Oli is not that popular that his controversial taunts deserve a standalone article. Riddhidev BISWAS (talk) 16:27, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Such a list is poorly defined and unmaintainable.  KP Sharma Oli's statements are described as "controversial claims and punchlines" in the title and the "slang and proverbs" in the first line, but there are now only four examples, all of them taunting moments of counterfactual disinformation -- no punchlines, no slang, no proverbs.  If he has a habit of doing this, and it's politically significant, that would belong in his rather short bio.  Lastly as a practical matter, with the language barrier and cultural distance, much of the intended impact is lost on an English-language audience without further explanation, also problematic.  For instance see #74 on this list of Nepali proverbs: "If you are not offended, enter the sugarcane field, if you are not in debt, stay as a guarantor!".  --Lockley (talk) 06:36, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Merging: Based on the comments, I am merging it to his bio. None of the reason seemed to qualify for deletion but pointing to an obvious merging. Thanks for the discussion. nirmal (talk) 03:28, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete – any content copied to the main article would need cleaning up to meet Neutral Point of View standards and explain proper context for the statements. The source about the supercomputer makes no mention of the capacity or its limitations. For Indian coronavirus the infection and death rates in these countries is not mentioned, without which it is difficult to put the statement into perspective, also most of the source given is focussed on territorial disputes suggesting that just his mention of India would be hook for such coatrack reporting whether what he has said is actually controversial or not. Given the number of years that he has been a political figure it seems strange that all the examples are from within a very narrow amount of time. EdwardUK (talk) 11:49, 21 July 2020 (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.