Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Descendants of Gautama Buddha


 * 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. No consensus about redirect - anybody can create and then contest it.  Sandstein  18:57, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Descendants of Gautama Buddha

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Subject matter is not clearly defined. Not a subject that is notable in itself. It does not help that there is no substantial content in the article. Farang Rak Tham  (Talk) 20:58, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I forgot to mention there already is an article about the family of Gautama Buddha.-- Farang Rak Tham   (Talk) 08:24, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Buddhism-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:14, 14 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Family of Gautama Buddha. SJK (talk) 16:54, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I would also object to a redirect, as nobody talks about descendants of Gautama Buddha. The term is misleading—the word descendants implies multiple generations, but the Buddha never had any grandchildren, let alone great-grandchildren.-- Farang Rak Tham   (Talk) 21:54, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:59, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Family of Gautama Buddha. Anyone searching for descendants of Gautama Buddha is going to be looking for the family. Even though the term may be a little misleading, it's technically correct in the sense that there's one descendant, and so long as someone could reasonably search for it, I think they should be pointed to the place they're trying to go. I don't see anything at WP:R that'd require it to go. - Sdkb (talk) 06:53, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete There is only one descendent, so the plural in the title is incorrect. Descendant of Gautama Buddha would be correct, but silly, as we know the descendent was a son, so Son of Gautama Buddha would be better if only he was notable and we didn't know his name. Oh wait, he is notable and we do know his name. SpinningSpark 00:25, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I think everyone agrees the title "Descendants of Gautama Buddha" is wrong and misleading. The question is, does it make sense to redirect from an incorrect/misleading title to the correct one? I think so yes. An uninformed person might think that the Buddha might have descendants today, and might go searching for information on them, by using the incorrect title as a search term. The redirect would help point such a person towards the correct information. That's why I think redirect is better than delete. SJK (talk) 07:19, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
 * If I thought redirect was a good idea I would have said so. It's not a likely search term, and in any case, the first article that will come up for that search is Gautama Buddha, which has all the information that is on this page.  Calling for a redirect is a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. SpinningSpark 14:07, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I can't really see any downside to a redirect; see Redirects are cheap. - Sdkb (talk) 08:11, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * See Redirects are costly. Which of the reasons at the guideline WP:RPURPOSE do you suppose justify keeping this redirect? None of them apply in my opinion. On the other hand, the guideline WP:R gives two applicable reasons for deleting it; criteria #2 (confusing) and #8 (obscure). SpinningSpark 10:05, 23 November 2018 (UTC)


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