Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bijli Pasi

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The result was withdrawn. I started this discussion, then the WP:INDIA thread, and the points made there are reasonable enough that I might not agree with the creation of such a page but can see how it's worth including. Primefac (talk) 21:39, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bijli Pasi

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The tone of this article implies that this is nothing but revisionist/whitewashed Indian historical fiction; in the last decade or so there has been a major push to imply that the so-called "untouchable" lower castes just happened to historically contain famous kings and great individuals and so of course they should ignore all that time where they were the lowest of the low because of society/government policies. Primefac (talk) 12:55, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Primefac (talk) 12:55, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Megan Barris (Lets talk📧) 13:01, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Of course it's revisionist; most folk histories of Indian castes seem to be completely made up. But the figure is clearly notable, as a simple Google search shows. Sitush has stated the same: if it's covered by reliable sources, we also have to cover it. (What I don't understand is why they see this as a "difficulty" that "we" have.) This isn't some devious plan by upper castes to deny centuries of oppression by claiming that some Dalits were king: the article creator's surname is also Pasi, it just seems to be run of the mill upward social mobility/Sanskritization stuff. Regards, TryKid ^{[dubious – discuss]} 14:17, 11 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.