Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ghadiya


 * 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 redirect to Abu Ghadiya.  —&#8288;Scotty Wong &#8288;— 05:33, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Ghadiya

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There is currently only single entry for this disambiguation page. That entry "ghadiya Priyank" was not found at its blueink link Hindu units of measurement, nor were any uses found in a Google search beyong those derived from this Wikipedia entry. The page also formerly referred to an al-Qaeda operative Abu Ghadiya, but this entry was removed in June 2019. The original creator of this page User:Renamed user ixgysjijel has not edited since 2018. The entry "ghadiya Priyank" does not meet the guideline criteria for a disambiguation page entry, as (1) it has no article presence (see WP:DABRELATED); (2) it constitutes a dictionary definition (See WP:DABDIC); and (3) it is a partial title match (see WP:PARTIAL). Pages that need to refer to Abu Ghadiya may do so directly.
 * Also the redirect at Ghadiya (disambiguation) should be removed. --Bejnar (talk) 13:25, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: There is an article entitled Hindu units of time which does not mention this time unit. It is also possible that this time unit does not exist.  But such conjecture is not required in order to delete this disambiguation page. --Bejnar (talk) 14:01, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. --Bejnar (talk) 13:25, 23 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete in agreement with the nomination. The only actual (potentially?) meaningful link to Priyank Ghadiya was removed a few months back as a non-article. I don't see any viable alternative here but deletion. It isn't serving as a functional DAB. Bungle (talk • contribs) 13:30, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete, as there indeed appears to be only one notable article with that name. The pseudo-disambiguation is unnecessary.  Double Plus Ungood (talk)  15:19, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Abu Ghadiya, who was linked when the dab page was first created in 2015 but removed by an IP without comment in 2019 (I've replaced it now). There is no mention of this "unit of time" on the linked article, so we can ignore that.  Pam  D  10:05, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect, given that Hindu units of measurement doesn't even mention ghadiya. Although Delete would be a better option than its current form, which definitely requires change Sucker for All (talk) 11:00, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Redirect as R from short name - I can't find any source for the unit. KylieTastic (talk) 12:42, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. I've removed the "priyanka" bit: that was obviously vandalism, and I've changed the link to point to Hindu units of time, which has content on the ghati (or ghatika, see that article) unit. Ghadiya is a relatively straighforward modern adaption of the latter Sanskrit word (if you need a source equating the two, here's one). I don't think redirection is warranted as I don't see a primary topic between the obscure ancient unit of time and the little known contemporary militant. – Uanfala (talk) 13:04, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Problem The reference cited by Uanfala does not use "ghadiya", it uses instead "ghaɖia" . I also note that Wikipedia is not a dictionary, WP:NOT, certainly not a Hindi one.  "Ghadiya" as a temporal unit does not appear in English language publications. I have no objection to ghaṭi (घटि) appearing in the Hindu units of time article so long as it is substantiated in reliable sources.  However, that does not extend to the non-existent ghadyia. Creation of the ghati–ghadyia connection seems to be original research, as, based on English language sources, nadi (नाडी) is the modern form of ghaṭi. (In passing, I note that Ghati currently redirects to Ganthiya (the snack) without a hatnote.)  --Bejnar (talk) 17:57, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
 * We're not a dictionary, but we strive to provide navigation from alternative spellings and forms, and these don't have to be restricted to English. Again, ghaḍiyā is a straightforward modern adaption of the Sanskrit ghaṭikā. And even though it's straightforward, equating them without a source would indeed border on OR, and that's why I have provided one (yes, that source "only" equates ghaṭikā with ghaḍiā, but the latter form is a trivially obvious alternative spelling of ghadiya: -iya and -ia are just two ways to spell the same suffix, and the difference between d and ḍ is down only to a diacritic: not all publications use diacritics, and even we don't normally feature this particular one in article titles). Also, the form is used in English-language source (random example). I don't understand your point about nāḍī: that's obviously not related. – Uanfala (talk) 18:26, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Actually, it's my bad that I got carried away into this chain of explanations. Much simpler to have just provided refs for the exact spelling: here's a couple:  . – Uanfala (talk) 18:32, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for actual references. I did not find those, although I did search Google books. I still think the alternative spelling only deserves a hatnote. --Bejnar (talk) 21:13, 31 October 2021 (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.