Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sahitya Akademi Award to Dogri Writers


 * 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. Courcelles 17:00, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Sahitya Akademi Award to Dogri Writers

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Not notable Aaaabbbbccccddddeeeeffff (talk) 17:00, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Query: Do you mean the "Sahitya Akademi Award" non-notable? Coud you elaborate your concern a little? Salih  ( talk ) 19:07, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Since the Sahitya Akademi article says this award is the equivalent of $1000, it doesn't seem to be notable. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  19:18, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * weak keep: $1000 has a lot more spending power in a place like India.--UltraMagnusspeak 20:24, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm certain that's so, but how exactly does that make this an encyclopedic topic? (I resisted the temptation to phrase that as "And what does that have to do with the price of tea in India?") Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  02:26, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Sahitya Akademi Award is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the Indian languages. Or did you mean that the Sahitya Akademi Awards in Dogri language is not notable? (Since you've not nominated other similar articles.) utcursch | talk 03:53, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. One of the most notable and highly prestigious literary awards in the Indian languages. Salih  ( talk ) 04:04, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Along with all the other pages listing the winners in different languages, this is a subpage of Sahitya Akademi Award, a clearly notable topic as one of India's highest literary honors.--Arxiloxos (talk) 06:56, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - seriously?. This is one of those nominations that make me go WTF?. Sahitya Akademi is India's national academy of letters - The highest official literary body. And the sahitya akademi award is one of the two highest national level literary awards in India. And when did we start judging national awards by prize money? Just click the gnews/gbook like to see how much coverage Sahitya Akademi awards and books get.--Sodabottle (talk) 10:16, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep: the $ value should have nothing to do with it, the question is reliable, 3rd party references.  I note we have articles for every other language of the Sahitya Akademi.  My only concern is that the main SA article should really have more reliable sources to make its notability clearer, as it only has two refs, and not particularly convincing ones.  Definitely keep this content, and I think a merge to the main SA article from every language variant would get bulky, but definitely need more footnotes for Sahitya Akademi (though outside the scope of this discussion). MatthewVanitas (talk) 10:37, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. - The value of an award doesn't depend upon the amount of money involved. Nor does it matter what spending power $1000 has in India. The Sahitya Akademi award is very prestigious in India. What the article probably needs is more reliable 3rd party sources. Nominating it for deletion is nonsense.  The Mi ke  •Wassup doc?  11:02, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, no valid argument for deletion has been presented. Sahitya Akademi is a major institution. --Soman (talk) 11:23, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:50, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep: Sahitya Akademi is India's National Academy of Letters, and that itself makes the above article worthy.--Ekabhishektalk 06:29, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep It is notable indeed. Shyamsunder (talk) 11:26, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable, indeed. Zuggernaut (talk) 05:29, 6 January 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.