Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saint Thomas Christian names (2nd nomination)

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. The "merge" arguments indicate that the content is not a hoax, not that it is supported by reliable sources that show notability. If there is reliably sourced content on the subject, it can be added to an appropriate article directly without merging the content from this article. RL0919 (talk) 22:05, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Saint Thomas Christian names

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This is pure WP:OR. UtherSRG (talk) 21:11, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Christianity, India, and Kerala. UtherSRG (talk) 21:11, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete in its current form. Agree with the nominator and the views expressed at the previous AFD, that this is unadulterated WP:OR. I cannot even stub the article to a 1-2 sentence sourced summary, because (afaict) nothing pertaining to its supposed subject is currently sourced. And the article has existed for so long that it is hard to find non-circular references on the web, and a quick google-books and jstor search turned up nothing.

@അദ്വൈതൻ: please ping me if you, or anyone else, rewrites the article to make it verifiable and reliable sourced, and I'll be happy to re-evaluate my !vote. Abecedare (talk) 21:57, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as nom of the prior AfD resulting in a "soft delete". ~ Pbritti (talk) 22:19, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: Several comments seem confused, believing the reason this article is at AfD is because it might be a hoax. The reason for this and the last AfD were both regarding the exclusively original research nature of this article. While there are certainly St. Thomas Christian naming customs, we don't seem to have any reliable sources for this topic. ~ Pbritti (talk) 18:11, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per preceeding comments. GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 23:23, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge or simply redirect to Saint Thomas Christians. These naming conventions are something I've seen personally in an immigrant Indian family. Obviously the article is a mess and could be cited better, but it's not a hoax. Jclemens (talk) 23:57, 12 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
If kept, rename -- Suggest Naming conventions among St Thomas Christians. I would suggest that this is a legitimate article. The previous AFD had little discussion, so that its outcome tells us little. The AFD should probably have been relisted, rather than closed. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:40, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as suggested. It's a bit of a mess right now, but the material is clearly not a hoax. It's more of an essay about a barely notable topic. Bearian (talk) 17:37, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails GNG, we should not be merging unsourced WP:OR into another article, but no objection to a redirect. // Timothy :: talk 04:12, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.