Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of places where Gautama Buddha stayed


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 02:17, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

List of places where Gautama Buddha stayed

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Unreferenced for eight years. Half the list is categorized as "not yet confirmed." Notability is also unclear - we have Buddhist pilgrimage for places Buddha lived/worked that are thus notable. —Мандичка YO

Strongly Keep - Maybe unreferenced, but this topic is very important, because Buddha was an important human. I think if the article lacks strong references, anyone should edit meaningfully and add sufficient infos here. Magipur (talk) 14:42, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * What is the notability? There are many important humans. Humans go places. We don't have List of places where Muhammed visited or List of places where Sir Isaac Newton lived. Notable places associated with Buddha are already covered in Buddhist pilgrimage.  —Мандичка YO 😜 15:23, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * We have Category:Life_of_Muhammad which includes lots stuff such as List of expeditions of Muhammad. For Newton, there's a template Isaac Newton which also has a bunch of stuff including various places and List of things named after Isaac Newton. Andrew D. (talk) 13:38, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Buddhism-related deletion discussions. North America1000 18:29, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. North America1000 18:29, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Strongly Keep - Notable topic.VictoriaGraysonTalk 21:59, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Again, how so? WP:NOTINHERITED —Мандичка YO 😜 02:23, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Sailor Talk! 11:45, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Obviously passes WP:LISTN. Andrew D. (talk) 13:38, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:LISTN: "One accepted reason why a list topic is considered notable is if it has been discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources". I've googled a random subset mentioned in the article. Result: 7 hits, only 1 is unrelated to Wikipedia, but that 1 site probably fails as a reliable source. A category would likely be more suitable - HyperGaruda (talk) 15:13, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Thats not how you google Indian stuff. Indian spellings vary.VictoriaGraysonTalk 15:24, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Then provide a source to back up the notability of this list of visited places. By the way, IF this article were to stay, it should be renamed to something like "List of places visited by Gautama Buddha" or "List of sites visited by Gautama Buddha". - HyperGaruda (talk) 21:08, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * For a source, see In the Footsteps of the Buddha, for example. Andrew D. (talk) 22:08, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Thanks for the source; if only such evidence would have been provided sooner, this discussion could have ended a lot earlier. Now then, until this source is implemented into the article, my keep vote will stay "weak". Since I'm only seeing snippet views of this book, it's up to someone with access to the book to do this job. - HyperGaruda (talk) 07:22, 11 November 2015 (UTC)


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