Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bhidwal

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 03:36, 18 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Not at all a notable subject, completely fails WP:GNG. No references to verify the subject's notability. KCVelaga _{☚╣✉╠☛} 11:48, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. Uanfala (talk) 11:54, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. Uanfala (talk) 11:54, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Sourcing problems aside, Indian/Pakistani caste names should be notable per se in my opinion. — kashmiri ^TALK 16:14, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - All these caste name related pages are just of 3 to 4 lines or maximum or paragraph or so. There are also no references available to present the information. If needed for the names to be recorded in the encyclopedia. All such articles can be put under an article something like List of India castes or something like that.

• That's what called a stub: a few lines, little or no references, but notable enough to warrant inclusion. Disagree as to lists - items on such lists should be notable (more details at WP:CSC) and have own articles wherever possible. — kashmiri ^TALK 15:16, 2 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - WP:GNG - Subject is not supported by significant reliable sources. I could not find any decent online sources using a Google search. -- Taketa (talk) 09:33, 9 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete The Bhidwal are mentioned as a group in an 1892 book "A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab" author: Rose. And in a handful of other 19th century books, search in search on Bhidwal + Punjab here: [1]. They do not, however, turn up in modern sources, making me suspect that either the ethnonym Bhidwal has gone out of use, or that or the identity has fallen away. Badduwal is a place (village?) in the Punjab, and Bidwal is a subcontinent surname. These, things, however, do not add up to notability.E.M.Gregory (talk) 20:57, 12 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to a list in which this will be an item. Such a solution is currently being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mahra clan. Uanfala (talk) 22:00, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as there's barely any contents here, unsourced also, so there's summarily nothing convincing yet. SwisterTwister talk 18:51, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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