Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Holy See–India relations


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The result was   keep. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:41, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Holy See–India relations

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article contains very little evidence of relationship with Vatican. could easily be covered in Roman Catholicism in India. LibStar (talk) 14:47, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep There is plenty of evidence for Vatican-India relations. The Vatican is not the same as the Church and so it often acts as a foreign secular power in the country. It has notably fought for Indian secularity and has been critical of the Hindu caste sytem. In recent times, it has denounced religious violence in Orissa, along with other European states. ADM (talk) 15:05, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep There are some notable relations between these two countries, although I do admit it could use some more sources. Tavix | Talk  15:14, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge any useful content into Roman Catholicism in India, where a paragraph or two could easily cover this. Also, I find strange the article's claim that relations date to 1881, when India only became independent in 1947. - Biruitorul Talk 15:18, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Sufficient sources, such as the one mentioned by ADM. DGG (talk) 16:18, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:N and not a directory. Foreign relations of the 203 sovereign countries are best discussed in the article about the country, or a standalone article if a major country, rather than in 20,000 such binary stubs. A link to the country's foreign ministry website will provide more up-to-date info than a robostub. The Holy See being notable and India being notable does not automatically make their relations notable. Merger to Roman Catholicism in India would also be appropriate. Edison (talk) 19:27, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  -- Abecedare (talk) 06:48, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Rename to Vatican-India relations and Merge any useful content into Roman Catholicism in India or Catholic Church in India (assuming references are found, otherwise delete). Notable or not, there's no need to fragment information in multiple different articles. According to our article "The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome". The names of these articles are named after countries, not jurisdictions. - Mgm|(talk) 10:17, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Wholly unsourced, non-notable until it is. -- Blue Squadron  Raven  16:16, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Strong keep per arguments above. Ikip (talk) 03:02, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Both are major players in international diplomacy, + state visit in 1999 -- Petri Krohn (talk) 04:42, 5 May 2009 (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.