Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mylakkattu Family


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The result was delete. Favonian (talk) 16:16, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Mylakkattu Family

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Non notable family. Fails WP:GNG. Written in a highly promotional tone. References are provided for the history of St. Thomas Christians in India, but does not mention why the particular family is notable. Probably created as part of the one-upmanship among Malayalee families in getting their family articles published in Wikipedia to create a fake sense of notability, which is also the reason for a plethora of other similar Malayalee family articles on Wikipedia, all of which quote the same book references.  Jupitus Smart  14:59, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

The argument that "Mylakkattu family" is a non notable family has no merits.Whoever made the comment has no knowledge of the state of kerala,it is only because he or she neither know anything about kerala nor live in state of kerala (India).No specific information is given on promotional tone complaint hence the argument is complete non sense, Particular family is notable as they are first to involve in gnome mapping.Also the first kerala family to have a family application,if you know any family in kerala to have it for any family,I will nominate it for deleting the page.Seems like "one-upmanshipp" argument is totally defamatory to family and if you are from kerala I will make "family deflamation suit" to procecute you as per the full extend of law in the state of kerala.Reveal your name and address if you still have the same opinion and based in kerala,I will contest it in the court legally and you have the chance to contest it.  Josh4u Smart  22:00, 25 March 2017 (PST) — Josh4u (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * The legal threat above needs to be retracted. See this. (User also warned on their talk page). --bonadea contributions talk 07:46, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Mylakkattu family is a notable family.Pass WP:GNG. Those who nominated the page for deletion has no clue about this "notable" family.It may be due to lack of knowlege about kerala.Checked the facebook page of this family only to find out that this family has more followers than any other "family facebook pages" in kerala and even the travancore royal family which once ruled kerala has less followers in facebook compared to this family.Also verified their claim of family application and found it for free download in their website noted in wiki.I searched but couldn't find it for any other family in kerala based on google searches. Elsavarghese  13:01, 26 March 2017 (IST) — Elsavarghese (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Elsavarghese, I can only presume you have not actually read WP:GNG. If you had, you would surely have seen the part that speaks of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" (emphasis and links in original). If you wish to claim WP:GNG, you will need to show us those sources. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 12:34, 26 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete - no actual claim to notability. Most of the article is devoted to a description of Thomas the Apostle and the Saint Thomas Christians without any hint as to how this is related to the family. (I'm guessing that the Mylakkattu family belongs to the St Thomas Christians, but belonging to a notable group doesn't make them notable). Other things that do not make a family notable is initiating a genome mapping project, creating an app and a digital calendar for the family, having a lot of Facebook followers, or having descendants living abroad. If there had been in-depth coverage of the family's history or activities in multiple independent sources it might have been different, but there are no sources at all about the family except for the family's own website and Facebook page. --bonadea contributions talk 09:46, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. No independent sources, no indication of notability, and the bulk of the article isn't even about the family. Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:49, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:GNG ThatGirlTayler (talk) 16:35, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Had a quick search and found sod all of note.Slatersteven (talk) 18:24, 26 March 2017 (UTC)


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