Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mahajan

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 keep. In addition to the fairly clear consensus, the article has been quite dramatically changed since the nomination, to the extent that the original nomination reason is no longer valid; the article now follows policy per MOS:DABNAME. (non-admin closure) Naypta ☺ | ✉ talk page | 19:06, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mahajan

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No one is working on the article. The user who created this article is inactive for a decade. Can't find any source on the google. The talk page messages are serious issues, and there is no way to find out what's true about the subject. Hence, it cannot be improved for now. Lightbluerain❄ (Talk | contribs) 11:49, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:28, 16 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 05:50, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:01, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~ Amkgp 💬 04:34, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ Appears to be a surname. No reliable sources. pburka (talk) 11:32, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep the new dab version of the article. pburka (talk) 12:25, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - original research Spiderone 17:35, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - the last section only, as a surname dab (I've converted it thusly in [1] this revision]. If this kind of page must be at "Foo (surname)" (doubt it), Mahajan (surname) is available for a move. Best, Usedtobecool ☎️ 07:21, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Usedtobecool:, I liked your edit. It now looks better. But, Mahajan is not only a surname. There are some people also who are called Mahajans as also told at the talk page in this thread. I think this should also be addressed. What's your opinion on this? Lightbluerain❄ (Talk | contribs) 09:10, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lightbluerain, as you said there are no sources to write a proper article, we can only address that problem when we have the sources. For now, what we have is a number of notable people with Wikipedia articles who share the term as their surname, which is enough for a index page, but no more. We build Wikipedia one step at a time with what sources we do have, IMO. Regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 09:31, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Usedtobecool, right. I agree. Lightbluerain❄ (Talk | contribs) 09:38, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Sufficient standalone surname list per MOS:DABNAME and WP:APO/S.—Bagumba (talk) 08:30, 7 July 2020 (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.