Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lists of rulers of India

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The result was merge to List of rulers of India . -- RoySmith (talk) 23:19, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lists of rulers of India

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The article is original research and the topic/scope fails WP:GNG. No source I can find talks about "rulers of India" as a coherent group. (note "Encyclopaedia of Indian Rulers (2001) from Cosmo Publications available via Google Books is copy-paste of the earlier Rulers of India series edited by W. W. Hunter and is not reliable). Solomon 7968 08:28, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Solomon 7968 08:30, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:10, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The OR claim seems dubious. That there were many rulers of kingdoms and countries which now make up the state of India seems beyond dispute. Nor is this the first source to suggest that the rulers of India are a topic as a group. See [1], [2]. I also think it's wrong to discount W. W. Hunter. While the historical accuracy of his work may be questionable, that he considered it a notable topic is not. Pburka (talk) 01:59, 8 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:29, 15 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of rulers of India which is basically a disambiguation-like page that takes readers to List of Indian monarchs for pre-independence era rulers and List of Presidents and PMs for post-independence era rulers. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 04:10, 21 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. S.G.^(GH) _ping! 07:51, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and Merge per §§Dharmadhyaksha§§. It is very obvious that this article is creative, informative. Though the title is pretty incorrect, "lists", whole article should be pasted to List of rulers of India. OccultZone (Talk) 13:10, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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