Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meherazad


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The result was redirect to Meher Baba. Looking at the sources, none of them count for notability. (non-admin closure) ミラP 16:35, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Meherazad

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WP:GEOLAND (1), (3) and (4) does not apply, for a starter. (2) is the one to look at, which basically asks us to go by WP:GNG. We can also go by WP:GEOFEAT (2) which says the same stuff.

Of the current sources, the first one is a self-published book, which was later republished by a followers'-trustee of Meher Baba. Not a RS. The second one is yet another booklet published by a foreign wing of a followers'-trustee of Meher Baba. Not a RS. The third one is a glossary from a website of the trustee. Not a RS. (Somehow, the de-prod-er felt all of these to be reliable sources, which lend to the notability of the subject.*Sigh*)

Doing a news-search in English leads to about 5 hits, all of which are trivial mentions except this; regrettably AsianTribune has a highly chequered history including being successfully sued for partisan journalism in lieu of money. No book, produced out of a independent and respected publication house, has covered it any significantly either.

Doing a Google search as to the Hindi/Marathi word:- मेहेराझाद returns nothing significant and dispels the potential existence of good sources in vernacular media.

National Digital Library of India (which's a great tool to exploit againt systemic bias) has no hit, either. Archive.org has a lone hit from an in-house journal, devoted to Meher Baba!

Thus, it may be concluded with enough rigor, that the subject comfortable fails WP:GNG and hence, ought be deleted. It may be (then) redirected to Meher Baba, at editorial discretion. &#x222F; WBG converse 11:15, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
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 * Comment User:Winged Blades of Godric transliterates to "मेहेराजाद" and not मेहेराझाद as you are claiming above. No comments on the notability or lack thereof.-- D Big X ray ᗙ  11:52, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * - Nope; the few hits across a couple or three of reliable sources are all for मेहेराझाद. Your मेहेराजाद brings just 4 hits; all of them across non-reliable sources. FWIW, the official version is मेहेराझ़ाद (which gives zero hits). &#x222F; WBG converse 11:56, 26 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Merge, a line perhaps, to Ahmednagar. Hyperbolick (talk) 14:15, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Meher Baba as proposed by nom and as preferred WP:ATD. Thanks for your conscientious analysis of sources and searching in foreign language. ~Kvng (talk) 12:35, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge/Redirect to Meher Baba.4meter4 (talk) 16:46, 4 October 2019 (UTC)


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