Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gandharvas of indian classical music


 * 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 of the debate was delete.  K ilo-Lima|(talk) 13:37, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Gandharvas of indian classical music

 * ''Relevant policies: WP:RS, OR

Not being Indian, I don't really know what to make of this, as it's very badly written. But since Gandharva are a type of deity, this appears to be one fan's POV and unsourced list of "musical gods". Some of these individuals appear to have articles (or maybe ought to), e.g. Bal Gandharva, so feel free to move any useful content there before this article is deleted. PROD contested by anonymous user without comment. Sandstein 05:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with Gandharva if thats the same thing -- Astrokey44 |talk 06:23, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Apparently not. Gandharva are gods. These are musicians. Sandstein 07:18, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Gods who have superb musical skills though -- Astrokey44 |talk 22:10, 10 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete article will always be OR. &rArr;    SWAT Jester   [[Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg|18px|]]  Ready    Aim    Fire!  06:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as OR unless evidence surfaces this is a widely regarded list of the most famous musicians. Googling even the first two musicians mentioned together finds only this article; or . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weregerbil (talk • contribs)
 * Delete unless cites are forthcoming (er... is there an Indian version of NME?) Average Earthman 12:58, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Would prefer to postpone, actually.  I claim no expertise here: but it seems me that at minimum, the information about individual performers should be split up and either merged or used to create new stubs about them; they are probably notable, and getting information about them may otherwise be difficult.  The stamp would appear to suggest that at least one musician has been honoured with "Gandharva" being a part of his name.  Some information about the use of this divine style as a title, and whether it is conferred by some authority or by popular acclaim, might be in order here.  I'm just reluctant to lose obscure (to me) and interesting information.  Smerdis of Tlön 14:00, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless someone can prove that this is the Hindi term for "Gods of Rock" or the like.--み使い Mitsukai 18:53, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Rename and recontextualize to list of Indian classical musicians unless someone can prove what Mitsukai says. Kappa 10:39, 15 April 2006 (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.