Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pade Puje


 * 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. Liz Read! Talk! 23:04, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Pade Puje

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Unsourced since creation in 2009, and doesn't really say anything - fails to describe this ritual, merely says it takes place. Not encyclopedia-worthy. Googling produces mutliple copies of this text, little else. Pam D  21:38, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Hinduism and India.  Pam  D  21:38, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete, possible WP:HOAX as I get no non-Wikipedia mirrors. Should this be added to WP:LOHOW? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 21:54, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete as unsourced trivia that is unlikely to merit an article of its own. If (and only if) a reliable secondary source is located before this discussion closes, the page can be redirected to Hindu wedding, where a one line mention can be made of the ritual. Looking at the article history, the creator uploaded a programme for a 1938 royal wedding that had been in his family's possession, and then created a series of articles based on that primary document, including, The Marriage of a Prince of the Mysore Royal Family, Pade Puje, Khasa Pada Puje, Kankana Dharane, Balle Mallarada Puje, Shakunamanojaya, and Yenne Saastra. A few of these have been deleted or redirected (see this discussion), while the remaining persist as permanent unsourced stubs. I propose that whatever the consensus of this discussion also be applied to the remaining stubs. Pinging  to check if they agree. Abecedare (talk) 23:16, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Fwiw, I doubt this article is a hoax. Pade puje literally means "feet worship" and ritualized cleaning of feet of idols, the elders, the venerated, the poor, etc is part of several Hindu rituals (cf Maundy (foot washing) and Wudu). So I wouldn't be surprised if in some regions and families, this custom exists as part of the wedding ceremony. Its just that the article, extrapolating from a single primary document, both extrapolates the custom to supposedly all "Hindu marriages" and simultaneously narrows it to "Hindu marriages". Abecedare (talk) 23:27, 25 April 2022 (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.