Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kupari

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 Nominator withdrew complains and nobody objected. John Vandenberg 10:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kupari

Kupari is a derogatory term for East Indians (ethnic group) Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 06:01, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Article for same community already exits:East Indians (ethnic group)
No references
Only edit of author: User:Rumaovijay, contribs:Special:Contributions/Rumaovijay
No article links to it. --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 06:38, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see talk page of article:Talk:Kupari for preceding speedy-delete debate. --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 06:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. There is a city or town in India called Kupari. I do not know if it is the home of the Kupari ethnic community or not, but it would be worthwhile to have a good article on the city or town. Is there an article on the city or ethnic community in the Hindi Wikipedia? --Eastmain 06:27, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions. -- Eastmain 06:27, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This is the third time that I am informing Eastmain that Kupari town and Kupari community are different. The Town is on the East coast whereas the community referred to in this article resides on the West Coast of India. --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 06:31, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Yes, but can't you rewrite the article so that Kupari references the city? --Charlene 07:05, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Better to delete this article rather than write the new article about the town here itself aafter blanking the present content, which leaves room for a revert. The article about the town shoud be titiled something like Kupari, Orissa. Anyway Kupari town doesn't even figure on Indian maps(at least the ones I have). So I really doubt it will meet notability criteria. --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 07:13, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Kupari google satellite map in case anyone else is interested. John Vandenberg 07:45, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - More data about the other Kupari. John Vandenberg 07:52, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I have to admit I am confused -- I do see the similarity between Kupari and East Indians (ethnic group) in region and religion, however their are differences between the articles as well, such as language. If they are actually the same ethic group, then that indicates that a merge is probably required. It is worth noting that we should WP:AGF wrt User:Rumaovijay; they may well have accidentally written about a term without realising it was derogatory. If it is a derogatory term, that should be covered in the East Indians (ethnic group) article, and Kupari perhaps should become a WP:DAB page for the town and the derogatory term. Anyway, to get the ball rolling, I have added sources that closely match the current content. Note that if its determined that it is a different ethic group, linking to it from other articles wont be a problem. I've more questions about this, but they can go on the talk page. John Vandenberg 07:27, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I am surprised to know that the name kupari is used by the community(based on the site provided by John Vandenberg:[1]. Till now all the conversations with members of the community and other locals was that kupari was used as an insult. Anyway from the community site it seems that is not always the case. I think that this AFD should be closed as merge .--Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 09:16, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
keep OK fine I am changing my opinion. Better leave the article as it is.My nomination may not be on correct grounds. So how do we close this AFD? Can an admin please close this? --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 09:41, 4 May 2007 (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.