Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Indian Beauties

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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 DELETE. Well not actually a Delete. Following the general consensus as much as possible, I pared this down to a list and renamed it to List of Indian beauty pageant winners. Technically the article was not actually deleted, but with different content under a different its basically a new article. Herostratus 22:26, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Indian Beauties

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Referring to WP:NOT this article does not seem tp be appropriate for inclusion with Wikipedia as it can be considered both opinion (in terms of selection of people eligible for inclusion) and that it is a loose repository of people. Additionally all those persons covered on this page seem to have adequate pages in their own right. I propose deletion with due care to ensure any relevant and cited information is included in the relevant individuals page. Suncloud 23:29, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Comment - I wonder if a part of the problem is the name of the article. "Beauties" sounds awful POV. Reading the article, however, it appears that what is really being presented is a set of beauty pageant winners of Indian descent, and perhaps a derivation of that term would be a more appropriate title for an article containing this information. ◄Zahakiel► 03:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. "Beauty pageant winners from India" might be a viable category or list, but this is a collection of potted bios with vague inclusion criteria and no encyclopedic discussion to tie them together. —Celithemis 05:14, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Explanation. May be the title Indian Beauties wasn't an apt one, but the content of the article is what that matters. Beauty is something rare that is not possessed by anyone. We should try to admire people who represent the beauty of our country on an international platform. This article was only created so as to remind that India is not just a land of snake charmers, but as beautiful as any other country in the world. The content has been presented in a critical point of view, and not vaguely. It does not direct towards racism, vulgarity and any other anti-social elements. So, I would thank everyone for atleast having a glance through my article inspite of my so called 'useless' efforts. Sorry if I had hurt anyone's feelings. —Tejas.B (Contributor of the article) 19:22, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete agree with contributor —Celithemis. This might qualify as a list, but as an article it is a hotchpotch of unrelated mini-biographies. HagenUK 20:45, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I totally agree with the contributor as well as the creator of the article Indian Beauties. May be the article is not of a high standard, but it has been presented in an appealing manner. Hence I feel the article should'nt be deleted but developed and modified instead. Austin.K 19:15, 15 April 2007
  • Delete. Non-encyclopedic tone and content. Sandtiger 20:53, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per reasons above. Femina Miss India covers all the titleholders as a list but this page itself needs some work. PageantUpdater User Talk Review me! 11:16, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge content to existing articles, if it isn't there already, and rely on the existing category structure for navigation. If desired, perhaps create a list or a new article for history of this collection of people if it can be sourced. --After Midnight 0001 16:13, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Subjective list with no clear criteria for inclusion. Caknuck 21:04, 20 April 2007 (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.