Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rengasamudram


 * 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   keep by the precedent that all villages are notable. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 12:44, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Rengasamudram

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This article seems to be copied and pasted from somewhere to be used as advertisement (see bottom of article for evidence). There are no verifiable references to be found in the article as well. Tavix (talk) 23:45, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. This article has a lot of issues, but none of them are fatal. The village does exist. However, the second half of the article should be deleted as WP:COATRACK. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 00:01, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 00:21, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. All villages are notable. --Eastmain (talk) 00:21, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and rewrite. Villages are notable. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells• Otter chirps • HELP!) 01:26, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge to the containing municipality (taluka) article. Subdivisions of municpalities for people communities generally need an additional layer of secondary sourcing to merit a stand-alone article. --Polaron | Talk 02:40, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * keep, cleanup, add references. In wikipedia it is agreed that all kinds of permanent settlements are notable. Mukadderat (talk) 16:59, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge: Agree with Polaron.--Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 05:04, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment:I would have prefered to vote delete on this one, but based on experience , i know it will be fruitless to do so. Still I feel we should have some criteria for including a village in Wikipdia. India has approximately 6.5 lakh (650,000) villages. Are you sure you want an article for each one of them unless there is something notable? For instance, Rengasamudram does not show any notability. The same article mentions another village Tiruppudaimarudur(, which to me, seems to be more significant given the presence of an ancient Shivaling. I feel there should be some fixed critrea for Indian villages. --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 05:04, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - Lousy article that needs improvement, but it's a real village (apparently even with a post office) and towns/villages are inherently notable regardless of size. --Oakshade (talk) 05:39, 1 August 2008 (UTC)


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