Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/World Elephant


 * 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__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Since this is a mythological subject, not a news story or a BLP, and many of the relevant sources are books which do not have online links, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and close this discussion as Keep. Liz Read! Talk! 03:51, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

World Elephant

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Entire article violates WP:OR. The sources that are actually reliable are treating the subject as merely one of them many concepts of Hindu cosmology. All other sources are either primary or they are based on outdated sources, and they don't help the subject in passing WP:GNG. Ratnahastin (talk) 05:22, 30 June 2024 (UTC) Relisting comment: Relisting to evaluate the new sources added. I didn't review the sources but all sections of the article are cited so I'm not sure if the assertions of OR are justified. Let's focus on whether the sourcing is sufficient and of good quality. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 05:17, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Mythology and Hinduism.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  06:07, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep the Ashta-diggajas is a significant concept in Hindu cosmology, as the elephants that support the world. Secondary references are available in the article and cover the subject. WP:BEFORE should be applied instead of Bold blanking and AfD. -- Redtigerxyz Talk 05:40, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Hindu cosmology. The article appears to be repeating itself a number of times. CharlesWain (talk) 10:36, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge The concept certainly seems to have real-world importance and sources exist, although I am not completely sure on the extent. A pure redirect to Hindu cosmology is of little help to the reader, as the concept does not yet appear at that page. Daranios (talk) 15:25, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep. The article already has sufficient sourcing. Repetition doesn't matter - this discussion is about the notability of the subject, not the current state of the article. The nominator also hasn't explained why "outdated sources" would an issue in an article about a mythological concept from ages ago.
 * Cortador (talk) 11:31, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 04:42, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep or redirect, possibly to World Turtle. The article does need substantial improvement, but not total deletion. Walsh90210 (talk) 19:47, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Merge to Hindu cosmology and World Turtle. None of the references treat the subject to be notable on its own. Raymond3023 (talk) 04:12, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Not much to see here. Merge to Hindu cosmology and World Turtle. TheRollBoss001 (talk) 15:27, 18 July 2024 (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.