Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Odiyan


 * 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. Consensus is that there are not currently sufficient sources for an article, but it may be recreated if more are found.  Sandstein  09:42, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Odiyan

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The article was PRODded for several days, and has no sources, but I am still hesitant to delete it without a community discussion. The terms Odiyan, or odi vidya (which seems to be equivalent) provide quite some search results, but I can not find any reliable sources. May be users more familiar with Indian topics could help. Ymblanter (talk) 07:01, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. NewYorkActuary (talk) 02:40, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. NewYorkActuary (talk) 02:40, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:37, 26 May 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:35, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment: Odiyan is a local folklore which gained currency after a movie with the name starring a prominent actor was announced. Some insights into the myth is provided in announcements about the movie - here, here and here among other links. However the entire article is composed of original research or sourced from non reliable sites. Searching in Malayalam does not yield any better results as well and therefore a deletion till more details emerge (which probably will if the movie starts shooting) may be in order.  Jupitus Smart  04:18, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment. I've found several references such as this one.  Whether or not this is notable and worth an article I can't say, and the article as is needs a good pruning, but the underlying concept is legit.  --Lockley (talk) 02:42, 9 June 2017 (UTC)


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