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The result was delete. ✗ plicit 00:53, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
Singrauli State
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Almost zero coverage of this princely state online (as compared to a zamindari with the same name) except for its own website, would fail WP:NOTABILITY. Scratchinghead ( talk) 14:20, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 14:25, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography, Nepal, and India. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 14:25, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- I had created the article to cover a "Singrauli" that was missing across Wikipedia. Now that I have realized that it was boosterized by vandal U. Baba and by HistoricGeek2345. I have realized that it should be deleted. Scratchinghead ( talk) 14:29, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗ plicit 00:01, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
I vote to keep this article, it seems to be relevant in the history of india. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nyaytyhyaynyiyeylyluytyeysy ( talk • contribs) 02:43, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
- Comment. I have never seen an instance where an actual state such as this has been deemed to be non-notable. However, this is an odd case. According to one of the sources cited in the article, Singrauli was not a princely state in its own right but part of the state of Rewa. [1] And I can find no record in the London Gazette of the knighthoods claimed to have been awarded to three of the maharajas. KStJ (Knight of St John) is awarded for service to that order, does not confer a title and would be unlikely to be awarded to an Indian maharaja. I have to question the accuracy of this article. -- Necrothesp ( talk) 09:36, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
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- Delete I think this is an elaborate hoax. There is a city and a modern district of the name, which are being used for facts and external links to make this article seem more plausible, but generic sources like worldstatesmen.org mention Rewa but not a Singrauli. Stan ( talk) 14:45, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
- Delete as HOAX -- If this was a princely state, I would expect there to be an article: every UK peerage has an article; and Indian princes ruled, which British lords did not. However as
Necrothesp has pointed out it was part of the state of Rewa. I am not sure of viceroys could award knighthoods, but if they could, these might not be gazetted in London. However the
Encylopaedia Britannica in dealing with
Bagelkhand Agency does not support its existence. That article has been subject to vandalism and needs to be reverted further see
[2]. I was nearly taken in by this hoax, which seems tom have been well prepared about last February.
Peterkingiron (
talk) 17:08, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
- The list of forged maps alone is just amazing: Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by HistoricGeek2345. I have a hard time thinking of why anyone would go to that much trouble... Stan ( talk) 21:43, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
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The result was delete. ✗ plicit 00:53, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
Singrauli State
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Almost zero coverage of this princely state online (as compared to a zamindari with the same name) except for its own website, would fail WP:NOTABILITY. Scratchinghead ( talk) 14:20, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 14:25, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography, Nepal, and India. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 14:25, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
- I had created the article to cover a "Singrauli" that was missing across Wikipedia. Now that I have realized that it was boosterized by vandal U. Baba and by HistoricGeek2345. I have realized that it should be deleted. Scratchinghead ( talk) 14:29, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗ plicit 00:01, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
I vote to keep this article, it seems to be relevant in the history of india. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nyaytyhyaynyiyeylyluytyeysy ( talk • contribs) 02:43, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
- Comment. I have never seen an instance where an actual state such as this has been deemed to be non-notable. However, this is an odd case. According to one of the sources cited in the article, Singrauli was not a princely state in its own right but part of the state of Rewa. [1] And I can find no record in the London Gazette of the knighthoods claimed to have been awarded to three of the maharajas. KStJ (Knight of St John) is awarded for service to that order, does not confer a title and would be unlikely to be awarded to an Indian maharaja. I have to question the accuracy of this article. -- Necrothesp ( talk) 09:36, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp ( talk) 09:37, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
- Delete I think this is an elaborate hoax. There is a city and a modern district of the name, which are being used for facts and external links to make this article seem more plausible, but generic sources like worldstatesmen.org mention Rewa but not a Singrauli. Stan ( talk) 14:45, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
- Delete as HOAX -- If this was a princely state, I would expect there to be an article: every UK peerage has an article; and Indian princes ruled, which British lords did not. However as
Necrothesp has pointed out it was part of the state of Rewa. I am not sure of viceroys could award knighthoods, but if they could, these might not be gazetted in London. However the
Encylopaedia Britannica in dealing with
Bagelkhand Agency does not support its existence. That article has been subject to vandalism and needs to be reverted further see
[2]. I was nearly taken in by this hoax, which seems tom have been well prepared about last February.
Peterkingiron (
talk) 17:08, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
- The list of forged maps alone is just amazing: Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by HistoricGeek2345. I have a hard time thinking of why anyone would go to that much trouble... Stan ( talk) 21:43, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
- 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.