Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yagya Bahadur Thapa


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The result was keep. Article improved and sources added since nomination. (non-admin closure) ansh 666 02:43, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Yagya Bahadur Thapa

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Was deleted through Prod back in February. While brave, does not pass WP:GNG. At best a case of WP:1E, but delete as per WP:NOTMEMORIAL.  Onel 5969  TT me 12:07, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Best Wishes Airkeeper (talk) 12:23, 14 April 2017 (UTC) Yagya Bahadur Thapa was leading revolutionaries in Eastern Hill as per sources and was notable enough for special tribunal decision and further to Supreme Court of Nepal as mentioned in the sources. Those revolution events against Panchayat is a National Discussion Subject that resulted in abolishment of autocratic Panchayat rule in Nepal. He obviously deserves an article in the Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Airkeeper (talk • contribs) 12:52, 14 April 2017 (UTC) User:onel5969 The revolution events are notable enough in Nepalese context and I described everything in the paragraphs above. That revolution is called Timurbote Incident in Nepal and all these incidents resulted King Birendra of Nepal to abolish Panchayat (Nepal). I think we need a Nepali admin to understand the notability of Nepalese topics. Please check the sources and edit it but do not delete the article. Kind Regards Airkeeper (talk) 07:58, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep.Yagya Bahadur Thapa was Former military Captain who was given death penalty by the government of Nepal for his armed revolution against Panchayat Government. I provided references as Himalayan Times, one of the leading Nepalese National English daily and Kathmandu Post, another leading Nepalese English daily. Also, there are a dozens of Google Books which has mentioned his name. Yagya Bahadur Thapa has been included in Nepalese curriculums and many govt. gazettes. He is a man of high rank and character. The most important part is you can easily rely on these two independent national English daily which has strict editorial control and guidance policies.


 * Keep. The subject was a revolutionary leader in Nepal in the 1970s; returns numerous results on a Google Books search; three results on Google Scholar. He has his own entry in the 2017 Historical Dictionary of Nepal published in the USA by the respected academic publishers Rowman & Littlefield. It appears that the subject suffers from a dearth of English-language Internet sources. A Google search for the subject's name in Nepali, on the other hand, (यज्ञबहादुर थापा) returns 27,000+ results. The members of the (European) Red Army Faction have their own articles; I'd suggest that the subject has a similar level of notability within Nepal (I stress it's not my intention to draw a parallel between the aims/ideology/methods of the subject and Baader-Meinhof members). Bad-patches (talk) 20:24, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Airkeeper makes a sound case. I realize that being an English speaking encyclopedia that political events occurring outside of USA/Europe/English speaking countries may seem less notable.  In other words, “all politics is local”, but I think we should resist this urge. And he did receive notable coverage in his country in major newspapers. Unfortunately, I have noticed that in countries where there are close ties to the West (Philippines, Korea, etc.), there is a greater tendency to favor notability in terms of press coverage.  The same may apply to Wikipedia.Dean Esmay (talk) 21:22, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:18, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:18, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nepal-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:18, 19 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep - I've expanded the article a bit. I think it passes 1E, given multiple events in his life getting coverage: Thapa's involvement in the Biratnagar bombing early in 1974, his arrest in a state of revolt later that year, his execution in 1978, and his being declared martyr in 2016. The article passes V and NOR. NPOV is very tough in an article like this, but the current state of the article seems acceptable. Smmurphy(Talk) 16:45, 21 April 2017 (UTC)


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