Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maal (2nd nomination)


 * 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. Cirt (talk) 05:53, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Maal
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Recreation of deleted page. Still no (non-wiki type) WP:RS's to Verify the existance of this meaning. Exit2DOS2000  •T•C•  03:47, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Apparently I messed up the AFD templates, so here is the link to the Original AFD, that closed as a Speedy. Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  03:55, 21 May 2009 (UTC)


 * There are plenty of water spirits in Bengali folklore. The irony is that whereas this is not a documented one, we actually don't cover the ones that are documented.  Documented Bengali water spirits include Jate Buddi and Jakh (ISBN 9781406705959 page 76).  We have very little coverage of this part of the world and its vast array of water spirits, gods, goblins, and ghosts, in fact.  We don't have Nāga Era, a water spirit that lives in tanks and stagnant pools, and is believed by the Kols to be the embodiment of malaria, or Garha Era, a Kol river goddess (The Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India, W. Crooke), or anything about Shankhinies or Matas or Bāk (a Assamese water spirit of deserted tanks) or Dot (a water spirit of canals and tanks).  We don't even have Kwaz (the Muslim pir of fishermen and water). None of the sources that document these things make any mention of Maal, however.  And the purported source in this article is an anonymously-written wiki.  This is unverifiable.  Delete. Uncle G (talk) 09:30, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. A recreated article can be speedy tagged with db-repost. --Anna Lincoln (talk) 09:44, 21 May 2009 (UTC)  Not applicable because the article was speedied the first time. --Anna Lincoln (talk) 09:47, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Should not be deleted This article should not be deleted on the basis that it is not a "Bengali" legendary creature. The fact is it is,documented evidence is rare because it is specific to the rural areas of Sylhet where oral tradition is much more common. Ask Sylheti rural people about the maal, they will give you an answer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NarlySai (talk • contribs) 19:28, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * And therein lies the problem. Wikipedia cannot rely on an oral confirmation. Wikipedia needs to be able to point a reader towards Something as a confirmation of the information it provides to the general population. Exit2DOS2000   •T•C•  03:03, 24 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.