Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shatranj Ke Mohre


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The result was delete. North America1000 14:44, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Shatranj Ke Mohre

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An article about a Bollywood film, sourced only to (non-WP:RS) IMDb since creation in 2015. I could find neither plot nor writer. This listings site even describes the genre as "obscure". Fails WP:NFILM and WP:GNG.

There is another, and important, reason for deletion. "Shatranj Ke Mohre" ("शतरंज के मोहरे") means "Chess Pieces", which is a rather generic title for a creative work. The 1971 play by P. L. Deshpande with that name (1, 2, 3, 4), originally written in Marathi not Hindi, looks distinctly notable. I could find no indication that the 1974 film was based upon it. If it was not, the current article impedes search, gives a false and misleading impression, and discourages article creation. For similar reasons, the edit history of this article needs to go.

There are also novels with this title by Yogendra Choudhary 5 (1998?) and Amritlal Nagar (1999?) (6), and possibly other things I've missed. Narky Blert (talk) 19:35, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Lightburst (talk) 20:38, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  NonsensicalSystem (err0r?)(.log) 11:34, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:40, 28 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete No indication of passing GNG or any applicable SNG. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:04, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - concerns around WP:GNG and WP:NFILM Spiderone  20:27, 8 October 2020 (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.