Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gani, The Emperor


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The result was delete. While this does not appear to be a hoax, there insufficient verifiability for an article. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  23:19, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

Gani, The Emperor

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I could not find any references when using Google. Probable hoax. The Snowager -is awake  02:01, 4 July 2015 (UTC) Thoughts? Rainbow unicorn (talk) 17:17, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete I nominated this article for speedy deletion under G3, but someone else removed the tag. I guess the hoax isn't as blatant... Gparyani (talk) 17:10, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Might not be a hoax: The "Emperor Gani" that this article is about may have actually existed. In a book by Laurence Waddell, someone known as "Emperor Gani" and someone known as "Gani" are mentioned many times, see here. They might be related. Check out page 708 of a PDF version to see an example. Also check out the "Indus-Valley seals" section of Waddell's article, I believe that is what this article may be referring to.
 * Keep for now per Rainbow unicorn's good find. I don't believe it is a hoax. If you look at Waddell's chronology, it appears he may also be called Guni. But we need some experts to weigh in. —Мандичка YO 😜 08:00, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete -- The article on Waddell makes it clear that his views have not been accepted by reputable later scholars. The Guni in his chonology is the same person as Sargon, whom he identifies with the Vedic Sagara.  It is conceivable that he had picked up some proper sources, but if he had, I would have expected his work to have been followed up by later scholars; and apparently, it has not been.  He boldly tried to make links between different civilisations, but their non-acceptable means that we must treat his work as WP:FRINGE.  What somewhat surprises me is that some of his work is apparently being kept in print.  Perhaps I am being too pessimistic about his work.  Peterkingiron (talk) 09:07, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - the article does not properly identify the subject, there are no sources. We can't be left to guess that this is abaout a person mentioned somewhere by a questionable reference, and maybe had a different name (Gani?, Guni?). Kraxler (talk) 15:56, 12 July 2015 (UTC)


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