Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of sections of the Indian Penal Code


 * 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 delete. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 20:17, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

List of sections of the Indian Penal Code

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This is just the table of contents of a lengthy statute. The guideline Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources, which is rarely invoked at AfD, applies here.  Sandstein  16:02, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * This is not a single statute. It is the list of the numbers of the codification of the entire Indian Penal Code, which can be useful for legal research.  My !iVote below. --David Tornheim (talk) 20:32, 7 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Suggestion for a merge with Indian Penal Code - it might be easier to follow if the article were merged with that article, but I am ready to look at what others say here. Vorbee (talk) 16:53, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:NPS would still apply after a merger.  Sandstein   17:24, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:40, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:41, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 20:12, 6 September 2018 (UTC)


 * This is not the full text of the Code. It is essentially a list of offences etc under the Penal Code, which is appropriate, since every offence etc is going to satisfy GNG due to the massive coverage available, and we will need a navigation list. That said, this list would normally be included in the provisions section of the article on the Code. James500 (talk) 20:27, 6 September 2018 (UTC) The Code itself is almost certainly a tertiary source (if we apply the classification used by historians) to some extent, because this type of Code is generally a compilation of earlier legislation and case law, with a few modifications. Therefore WP:NPS doesn't apply anyway. James500 (talk) 20:47, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
 * What is your !iVote? I can't tell. Based on comment "this list would normally be included in the provisions section of the article on the Code", does that mean you support a merge with Indian Penal Code? --David Tornheim (talk) 20:37, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Technically this satisfies LISTN because the provisions of the Code are notable as a group. It should however be merged with the Penal Code unless the resulting article would be too long, in which case it should be kept. Presently these pages are respectively 28 kilobytes and 40 kilobytes long. WP:TOOBIG suggests that a 60 kilobyte page probably needs to be divided into two pages, but I am not sure if that figure is up to date. My provisional !vote is keep, on the assumption TOOBIG is still accurate. However, I have no objection to merger if it is in fact technically practicable. (An alternative option would be to create an article for each chapter of the Code.) James500 (talk) 23:34, 7 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep or Merge with Indian Penal Code -- The list is useful for legal research. (However, it might be easily found in other sources on-line.)  A similar example is here: Vermont Statutes Annotated.  --David Tornheim (talk) 20:33, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 14:20, 8 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete--I've no clue about how to add this bloat to Indian Penal Code.And, essentially per nom. &#x222F; WBG converse 06:40, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - The list is indeed useful for legal research. Useful lists should stay. BabbaQ (talk) 15:38, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a database for legal research. If we have a list of this nature, it should be a list of Wikipedia articles about individual sections, but we're nowhere near that level of coverage yet. Vanamonde (talk) 18:01, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. Already covered in appropriate detail at Indian Penal Code.  -- RoySmith (talk) 19:05, 14 September 2018 (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.