Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sugar balls


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 04:37, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Sugar balls

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Article has been nominated for speedy delete and {prod} by different users and I think it should be discussed. I don't know about "sugar balls" but can find reference to them [here] [here] [here] there is reference to the god Ganesh eating sugar balls and but also articles on the internet refer to him eating Laddoo so it is very possible sugar balls are Laddu but there are other indian sweets rolled into balls so someone maybe be able to advise. Holkingers (talk) 14:20, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  — Lady  of  Shalott  19:00, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions.  — Lady  of  Shalott  19:01, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge with Laddu and redirect. "Sugar balls" is perhaps not the best translation to English. (Yes, I snickered.) Drawn Some (talk) 21:19, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep it This article is at least as notable as Chocolate balls and a lot tastier. Google pulls up many hits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter Napkin Dance Party (talk • contribs) 23:31, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep More expertise is needed. But I've been informed that people don't give laddu when they fall in love, although they are given on happy occassions, including the birth of a child. And that the writing in Hindi for this article is "Cheeni Genden", which literally means "sugar balls". (cheeni - sugar, gend - ball, genden the plural of gend). So it seems like ummm it could be something. Let's all do more checking and see what we can come up with. ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:18, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete There are certainly sugary ball desserts including galub jamun and laddoo, but the content of this article seems bogus and I can't find anything suggesting it's accurate online and the terminology "sugar balls" doesn't seem standard. So I would perhaps boldly redirect to Indian sweets and leave it at that. But deleting works okay too. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:26, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete A google search of "sugar ball" (in quotes) shows nothing remotely related to this article, sugar balls in India, or laddu. A google book search is even worse, in which "sugar ball" relates entirely to dendrimers, chemistry, and a piece of land in the U.S. Priyanath talk 16:40, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete As Priyanath notes, there are no sources that indicate "sugar balls" is a name of any particular Indian dish, and most of the article is certainly WP:OR/idiosyncratic family lore. Merging with Laddu is also unjustified, since I have yet to see any reliable source refer to laddus as sugar balls (which would be akin to calling cakes "baked sugar"). Abecedare (talk) 18:05, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
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