Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Acclaimed Indian Police Officers


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The result was   keep. J04n(talk page) 23:30, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

List of Acclaimed Indian Police Officers

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Mostly original research, strictly opinion article (how can you list all "acclaimed" officers?) Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 08:06, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Comment: Obviously, we cant list all the acclaimed officers. But, we can add the important ones here. Just like wikipedia doesn't have a page for each and every renowned person. Just look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindi_film_clans. This page doesn't contain all the clans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrEccentric (talk • contribs) 08:22, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

The information provided has references on internet. I can tag each and everyname there to a webpage that regarding the subject of acclamation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrEccentric (talk • contribs) 08:26, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The difference is this is an opinion article on what constitutes "acclaimed," not something solid like a clan; and please adhere to the manual of style. Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 08:30, 1 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - I agree with Grammarxxx about what constitutes Acclaimed. "Traced Sikh Separatists" or "Stopped Rave Clubs" sounds like part of a policemans job. Gbawden (talk) 10:22, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Maybe you people aren't Indians. The information given under 'acclamation' makes one understand how big the issues were. Example, Forest Brigand Veerapan - He killed 100's of cops and was unable to trace him for 20 years. The officers mentioned went there and strived there for years to suppress this terrorist. Thank You. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrEccentric (talk • contribs) 11:57, 1 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete.The essential problem here is that the term "acclaimed" is not properly defined. If this were a list of police officers who had won a specific award, for example, then the article would be appropriate, because we know exactly who should be on the list.  I'm not saying that these officers havent done many fine things.  I'm just saying that as is, there is no way to tell who qualifies as "acclaimed".  Howicus (talk) 14:15, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * After User:FunnyPika's comment, I'm changing to Keep and reformat from a table to a simple list. Howicus (talk) 16:24, 1 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment Just to make things clearer, another synonym for "acclaimed" is "notable". There's no need to state this in the title so I've moved the page to List of Indian police officers. Like List of electricians or List of cyclists, if an Indian police officer meets WP:GNG then they would qualify for this list. The question is whether the list should stand as it is. Funny  Pika! 15:10, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep in its current format, but without the unlinked entries. No valid reason remains for deletion once the OR-ish "acclaimed" is removed. The table provides extra information that Category:Indian police officers doesn't. The category itself only contains 100+ entries, a manageable number for a list. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:14, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:13, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:14, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
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