Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seven Wonders of India


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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 08:15, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Seven Wonders of India

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This article masquerades a single newspaper survey/article as a definitive and comprehensive list of India's 'Seven Wonders'. Norcaes (talk) 10:37, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

There are a couple of reasons why I think the article needs to be deleted. First, the citation for the Times of India (TOI) list, which constitutes the entire article, is the only citation on the page and fails WP:N's requirement that the subject of the article (TOI's list) receive coverage from a source other than its own website.

The basis of the article seems to rest on the notion that there are only two authoritative sources for India's 'Seven Wonders', which is untrue, and the article implies so by claiming that 'the most popular ones were those conducted by...' without giving a shred of evidence for the claim. There's also some evidence of bias here, with two articles mentioned as the 'most popular' sources and only one being covered in the article.

In sum, an article that claims to cover something as significant as India's wonders cannot be limited to a single newspaper piece. In the absence of other lists or nominations, the article needs to be deleted to avoid misrepresentation or at the very least be renamed to something like 'TOI List of India's Seven Wonders'. Whether that warrants its own Wikipedia page is another matter entirely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norcaes (talk • contribs) 11:06, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. MT TrainDiscuss 11:40, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 09:33, 24 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Comment - I've seen this article linked a few times and each time I've looked at it I've been concerned. In addition to the very good points made by the nominator it's worth noting that these "7 wonders" were decided by a 10 day SMS poll, and the 7 "winners" were picked from a pre-selected (pre-selected how? we don't know, because we are not told) field of a mere 20 options. To portray this as some kind of definitive "7 wonders" of India seems like a huge, unsupported stretch to me. -- Begoon 09:41, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
 * To clarify, my opinion is delete, since the current article is very misleading and I don't see sufficient notability to support a move to "Times of India poll of India's Seven Wonders" or similar. -- Begoon 12:31, 28 February 2018 (UTC)


 * delete - as per nominators comment and Beegoon's points.--Nizil (talk) 06:39, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. PhilKnight (talk) 02:37, 2 March 2018 (UTC)


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