Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Equal house system (Hindu astrology)


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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure) Aerospeed (Talk) 02:36, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Equal house system (Hindu astrology)

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Non-notable subtopic within Hindu astrology. Falls afoul of WP:NFRINGE since only "in-universe" sources exist (and it's not even clear if all of those unreliable sources even mention it, some of it is WP:SYNTH of general descriptions of astrology). Independent and in-depth sourcing is required. Second Quantization (talk) 12:47, 18 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete I'm not convinced that this is an important topic within Hindu Astrology. Hindu Astrology is such a niche subject that any more than a single article on this subject would seem excessive. I agree with NOM, this subject does not appear to pass the relevant notability guidelines. --Salimfadhley (talk) 00:33, 19 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Do not delete:. Hindu astrology, which is based on the sidereal zodiac, is wholly based on the Equal House system or the Whole sign system advocated by the Parashari system, the Jaimini system and the Tajika system which are the three important schools of prognostication that have a wide following. But for the Whole sign principle the concept of the formation of planetary combinations (Yogas and Raja yogas), the planetary aspects, the sub-divisions such as the navamsas, drekkanas, shashtiamsas, vargas, the role of planetary dispositors etc., which are all fundamental to Hindu astrology could never have been thought about. Western astrology which is based on the tropical zodiac does not follow the Whole sign system but which system, in the recent past, has found favour with western astrologers. From the very date of joining Wikipedia I have resisted all temptations to initiate or intervene in discussions mainly because I am not competent enough in all subjects dealt here. Even then I have been at random following the course of many adiscussion and I have found that the most mis-used word is notability. Now, please tell me how a system which has survived for more than 2000 years and is still faithfully applied cannot be notable.Aditya soni (talk) 12:15, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The topic being discussed is not Hindu Astrology in general but the specific topic of the Equal House System. More specifically we are trying to determine if this is a topic that is significantly notable according to Wikipedia's notability standards. Can we please focus on finding Reliable sources which can confirm the notability of this subject according to our policies. Generally we are looking for scholarly or historical research into this tradition, and not esoteric magazines which tend not to be valid reference material for an encyclopedia. --Salimfadhley (talk) 13:12, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:44, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:44, 19 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Request: Kindly move this page to new title - The Sign-wise Equal house division of the Zodiac or Rasi-chakra. Thanks.Aditya soni (talk) 08:53, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I have logged that request on the article's talk page. This AFD discussion is really just for deciding whether the content is suitable for Wikipedia or not. --Salimfadhley (talk) 09:13, 23 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 01:51, 27 August 2014 (UTC)




 * Merge with Bhāva As in the David Frawley's RS book, this topic needs to be a section in the master article on the houses (Bhava). Redtigerxyz  Talk 13:40, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 21:27, 6 September 2014 (UTC)




 * Keep This is a very niche topic on Hindu astrology, but it is a valid due to all of those astrology books writing about it shows it is notable.Frmorrison (talk) 19:39, 17 September 2014 (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.