Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Modi ministry


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The result was keep. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 02:27, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Modi ministry

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Adds no extra information which is not already covered in Union_Council_of_Ministers. Neither is "Modi ministry" a colloquial term used in India. This is just an extra article created after 2014 victory of Narendra Modi ChunnuBhai (talk) 01:03, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   01:34, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose - Union council of Ministers is only for current council, while Modi ministry is for Modi's first council. Further we have such pages for Indira Gandhi, Vajpayee and other leaders as well. -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo (talk · contribs · [//tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec/?user=Capankajsmilyo&project=en.wikipedia.org count])  01:40, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:09, 17 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Here in much-smaller (by population) Canada we have a raft of such articles at Template:Canadian ministries. I don't understand why India wouldn't have an article for each, too. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:12, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Standard practice to have articles on each individual government. If "Modi ministry" isn't an appropriate title, then renaming the article is the answer. See Thirty-fourth government of Israel as one potential solution to be copied. Number   5  7  09:39, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Duplication by itself isn't a valid reason to delete something. Echoing the three previous commentators, India (see this category, this list or this template) isn't alone in having articles on individual ministries. This category contains links to even more historical and current governments around the world. Not every article takes its official name - sometimes, for the sake of convenience, it is easier to compile articles with descriptive titles. Here we have an Indian government, led by Narendra Modi, hence the "Modi ministry". Any guesses at what the previous government was called? Consider asking Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Politics if you have an issue with the general direction of these articles. Fuebaey (talk) 21:15, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * In addendum, the duplication in both articles are two tables made by RGloucester back in December 2014. The current ministry article has general information about Indian governments, whereas Modi's one has additional information about his government. Fuebaey (talk) 21:40, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * That chart template, which I made, was created to ensure that the two articles were consistent in content. It is standard practice to list the current ministry at the article describing the institution, but also at a separate article on that specific ministry, so that when the government is no longer current, the information is preserved. At the time I created the template, the two articles' content was not co-ordinated, meaning that the ministry article and the article on the institution itself were not in agreement with each other. The template allows changes in the ministry to be updated, easily transmitting the updates to the two articles to ensure that there is no discrepancy. When the Modi ministry is no longer current, that template will be removed from the institution article, and presumably replaced with a new one. By the way, the terminology 'Modi ministry' is very common. See, for instance, this article found in the Hindustan Times, or indeed, this Google News search. RGloucester  — ☎ 22:32, 17 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep This is something any credible encyclopedia should cover. The Union Council of Ministers article is always up-to-date with the current Ministry while these articles can show readers the previous Ministries. This is clearly a notable topic. AusLondonder (talk) 00:03, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep duplication isn't a ground for deletion. The article meets Wikipedia policies and the grounds for deletion is invalid. As for duplication, there exists similar articles for a many previous governments. If a deletion discussion is to take place, all these well established articles will also be affected. Yashovardhan (talk) 08:36, 19 April 2017 (UTC)


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