Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tourism in Andhra Pradesh


 * 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. Spartaz Humbug! 19:15, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Tourism in Andhra Pradesh

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As per WP:NOTGUIDE. There is already a sizeable Andhra Pradesh for content to be merged into. Otherwise transwiki to Wikivoyage seems appropriate. Lineslarge (talk) 08:40, 14 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep - While the article would benefit from clean-up and copy editing, this is a reasonable WP:SPINOUT of the Andhra Pradesh article. Furthermore, the topic easily passes WP:GNG. Source examples include, but are not limited to:
 * Tourist Guide to Andhra Pradesh
 * Tourism Development in India: A Case Study
 * Tourism In India: An Overview (2 Vols.), Volume 1
 * Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In 36 ..., Volume 2
 * Encyclopaedia of Tourism Resources in India, Volume 2
 * Discover Andhra Pradesh, India
 * Perspectives of Tourism in Andhra Pradesh
 * Tourism Industry in Andhra Pradesh: A Case Study of Chittoor District
 * Tourism Industry in Indian Perspective: Tourism Development in Andhra Pradesh
 * State Level Public Enterprises in Andhra Pradesh: Prescription for 21st Century
 * – NorthAmerica1000 22:01, 14 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep as per the above comments &#42;**Adam*** (talk)
 * Keep per above. --AmaryllisGardener (talk) 02:14, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment the topic of the article is certainly notable as per above. However, the content of the article is a travel guide. Some sections even read like a copy/paste from a guidebook. Nearly the entire of the article is a list of places to visit. An encyclopaedic article could be written on this topic but it would need to start from scratch, not just an edit of what is here. Lineslarge (talk) 08:33, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:01, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:01, 15 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment - I agree with the transfer to Wikivoyage, as long as there are no copyright violations involved and the creator of the article did not copy-paste it from another webpage. If you look at the Andhra Pradesh page on Wikivoyage, there isn't a lot of content, so the transwiki is probably worth doing. TheChampionMan1234 01:31, 21 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I know very little about Wikivoyage, but a quick look at the cited page makes me think you are correct; that project would be a better home for this material, especially in its present form. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:10, 23 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Possible copyvio. Whole paragraphs sentences of this article are word-for-word match with http://miyabhai.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-city-hyderabad.html.  Unclear who lifted the text from whom, but if the article is kept, somebody needs to research this and eliminate any possible copyvio problems. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:40, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - User:RoySmith: upon spot checking, only aspects the first paragraph in the Hyderabad section of the article exists verbatim in the external link at . I don't agree of the characterization "Whole paragraphs of this article are word-for-word match", because this simply does not appear to be the case whatsoever. NorthAmerica1000 21:46, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I've updated my comment to be somewhat less far-reaching. Still, there's enough similiarity that it's clear somebody copied from somebody, and a review for copyvio problems is in order.  -- RoySmith (talk) 21:56, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - Addressed ✅. It is unclear at this time if the information at the external link was copied from Wikipedia or vice versa. To be on the safe side, I have edited the article's Hyderabad subsection so that it does not include copying or close paraphrasing of this link. NorthAmerica1000 21:51, 23 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment - I actually agree with prior comments that this should go to Wikivoyage. The article simply lists destinations within the Indian state and some information about them, which is already available on the articles for the individual cities. There is no information that addresses tourism as a concept or aspect of the state; it instead is suggesting destinations. As the nom points out, Wikipedia is not a travel guide. I would support a similar article on tourism if it addressed tourism as a subject, such as how tourism has grown or expanded in the region or issues it has incurred, but right now it belongs on Wikivoyage. Scarlettail (talk) 22:02, 23 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment - I have boldly merged most of the content of this article to the Andhra Pradesh entry at Wikivoyage (diff), located at https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh. See this link to view the English Wikipedia article prior to it being transwikied. This has stubbified the article . However, the topic remains notable. An article focusing exclusively upon tourism in Andhra Pradesh can be created from this point onward (e.g. sourced aspects of tourism in Andhra Pradesh, tourist industry, locations based upon reliable sources, etc). NorthAmerica1000 22:17, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The Wikivoyage addition was reverted there by another user (Wikivoyage diff page) due to formatting concerns. So, the transwikied information presently exists at Wikivoyage – User:Northamerica1000/Sandbox, from where information can be added to the Wikivoyage Andhra Pradesh article per Wikivoyage's specific formatting requirements (e.g. Wikivoyage:One-liner listings). NorthAmerica1000 22:54, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Per Wikivoyage's standards, information about each city goes in each respective city article. Only one-liners are allowed for Wikivoyage's city entries in state articles. So, information at my Wikivoyage sandbox page listed above will need to be selectively merged to various Wikivoyage articles per these standards. NorthAmerica1000 23:07, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
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