Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dorik


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The result was   delete. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 10:15, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Dorik

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I can find nothing in the English language to verify this guy ever existed. There are plenty of refs to Dorik/Doric architecture and languages (the -k being an archaic spelling) but this is Greek, not Indian those subjects are Greek and our article is Indian. Given the vast English-language literature on the various castes who allegedly claim descent from him (including the 40-odd volume survey produced by the Anthropological Survey of India), I consider this to be a non-notable person. Sitush (talk) 16:29, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete: Agree, no sources -> no notability -> no article. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 18:12, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 19:03, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete I couldn't find any sources and I think no sources exist at all. -- Anbu121 ( talk me ) 02:12, 8 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment if a "vast number" of castes and tribes consider him their ancestor, perhaps a descriptive DAB page would be in order? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:53, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I cannot find that many do. Of the four clans listed in the article, the claim of descent is made only in two cases and in only one of them is it sourced, The source is a self-published work written in Marathi. - Sitush (talk) 00:26, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * BTW, nothing wrong with Marathi sources, of course, provided they comply with the usual WP:RS and that WP:NOENG is borne in mind. The one noted fails the first of these criteria, and I've been unable to locate any other non-English sources so far using my off-wiki contacts. - Sitush (talk) 00:28, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Btw #2, I've just worked out what Crisco intended: they've misread my nomination. What I intended to say was (a) there is a vast amount of English language reference material for the major castes of India, which include those named in the article; and (b) despite that vast literature, there is no mention of Dorik. - Sitush (talk) 00:32, 11 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - The article reads, "Dorik was a Hindu king of Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) in the ancient era. The modern Maratha clans Bhoite, Bhosale, Ghorpade, and Sisodiya claim descent from him." The only reference I found regarding a king and Chittorgarh (in Rajasthan) is this, which appears to be about Rawal Ratan Singh. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 07:37, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
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