Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of followers of Meher Baba


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The result was delete. Neil  ☎  11:02, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

List of followers of Meher Baba

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Massive list of people that met someone. The title is not correct at the very least as one section lists people that "served or corresponded with Baba but did not call themselves followers". I'm not sure how useful a list this is considering that the majority are not notable and for the others it's mostly an irrelevance (where otherwise I'm sure it's detailed in their own article or they are included in the appropriate category). violet/riga (t) 13:50, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Nominator: Delete. violet/riga (t) 13:50, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT. → AA (talk) — 14:02, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Cott12 14:09, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete no references, no sources, no mention of how the individuals are tied to the subject. Ridernyc 14:43, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep but improve. The followers of Meher Baba, known to themselves as "Baba-lovers," are a real and fairly significant religion. A list of the early followers is legitimate and notable, not a directory. The problem is that like most (if not all) religions, this one is a goofy cult and it's hard in practice to keep an article like this from becoming devotional literature. It's also much too long. But I think that it would be a mistake to delete. Llajwa 22:28, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep but improve as above. Remove list of those that are not followers. Keep the ones that are. Abronkeeler 22:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete and start over with defined criteria. This finally is something that is truly an indiscriminate list. Perhaps we should preserve it in some manner as a example of what the word means. DGG (talk) 01:06, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep In as much most of it covers the early part of Baba lovers, it is useful.  It does need major editing. Delete "famous people" tables.  It also needs third party sources. (The other alternative is to transwiki it.) jonathon 03:42, 28 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I've removed the two sections listing people who were not followers as they do not conform to title. Cott12 10:48, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It still needs sources. Almost every entry is unsourced.Ridernyc 00:28, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * All the names come from a single 20 volume published encylopedia of his life listed at the bottom. Most also are found in lists from that source that are actually linked to in external links. If every one had a reference, there would be over 400 references, mostly going to the same few pages over and over. Cott12 13:57, 30 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOT. Doctorfluffy 05:42, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Note - user indefinitely blocked as disruptive sockpuppet. — xDanielx T/C 22:34, 9 November 2007 (UTC)


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