Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Return of Sri Sathya Sai baba


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:02, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Return of Sri Sathya Sai baba

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No evidence of notability for the article. Written like a personal essay or reflection. Exact copies of same info were speedied and were deleted. I listed this for speedy several days ago. This was contested by the original contributor, but nothing other than a claim of "vested interests" and an admonishment against those opposed to it was added to the talk page. Dmol (talk) 02:04, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete agree with nominee. Sp33dyphil  Ready • to • Rumble  02:21, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-neutral personal essay and original research. Wikipedia requires verification by neutral third parties even in the case of belief systems. No neutral third parties are discussing Sai Baba's return yet. If it indeed becomes a notable belief, a sourced, neutral article can easily be written at that time. --NellieBly (talk) 03:32, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Sathya Sai Baba. I don't know if this guru died five days ago or is still alive.  The guru is notable, but we shouldn't have a separate article about his alleged reincarnation unless it is discussed in depth in independent, reliable sources.  Reliable sources in India discuss his illness, but not any supernatural event, as far as I have been able to discover. Cullen328 (talk) 04:48, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment The guru's website confirms he died a few days ago, and makes no claims of a reincarnation. Cullen328 (talk) 04:57, 30 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Andrew vdBK  you talkin' to me? 06:45, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Redirect and Merge to Sathya Sai Baba. If there is any useful content that can be gleaned out of this article it should be merged to Sathya Sai Baba. This article has been written like an essay and is not encyclopaedic.  Nipson anomhmata   (Talk) 16:51, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:13, 30 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment There are a few reports of his followers looking for a resurrection see    but none of these provide any real detail for the belief.  There's also some attention being devoted to a possible reincarnation site  at Doddamalur, Mandya.  These are better discussed in the Sathya Sai Baba article itself, though. Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 17:24, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Personal essay. For Sathya Sai Baba's "reincarnation" (which he prophesied long ago - see refs on that article), Prema Sai Baba exists. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 14:58, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. Cheers! Feedintm  ( talk ) 23:22, 4 May 2011 (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.