Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madhu-vidya


 * 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 no consensus. Limited participation and no agreement. Note that WP:G12 could still be pursued if copyright violations are proved. RL0919 (talk) 21:27, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Madhu-vidya

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This fails WP:GNG due to lack of significant coverage in independent mainstream media. Given sources only give passing mentions. Venkat TL (talk) 06:47, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Philosophy-related deletion discussions. Venkat TL (talk) 06:47, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. Venkat TL (talk) 06:47, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Venkat TL (talk) 06:47, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. Feuerstein, in In Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India (ISBN 8120816269), says "One of the most famous doctrines of the Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad (II.5) is the 'honey-dew' doctrine (madhu-vidya), according to which...". So at least one author considers this notable in an out-of-universe sense. SpinningSpark 08:24, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak, David Frawley, is the book you are referring to. It is a publisher of fringe theory books and considered unreliable. All these three authors, are authors of Fringe theories, and hence very much in-universe of fringe theory and pseudoscience. I note that both Subhash Kak and David Frawley are considered unreliable and should not be used to source anything on Wikipedia. (Is this why their names were left out in your comment?). Venkat TL (talk) 07:27, 20 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Note: A copyright violation investigation has been launched on the articles by the creator at Contributor copyright investigations/20211117 and the creator has now been blocked. Venkat TL (talk) 07:27, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Less Unless (talk) 10:20, 27 November 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  11:36, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete: The Implications section is directly lifted from a 2004 book. With author's history, it's heavily likely that the rest of the article is also a collection of sentences from different books (no one else has added content since creation). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hemanthah (talk • contribs) 11:03, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Notified: Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics. Venkat TL (talk) 11:50, 4 December 2021 (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.