Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bhakt

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. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:24, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Bhakt

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It is nonsensical meme. Just a sarcastic and slightly offensive social media slang. Not notable. Belongs to Wiktionary, not Wikipedia. I Max Viwe ♔ Viwe The Max 14:23, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Human3015^TALK 15:23, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Human3015^TALK 15:24, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Human3015^TALK 15:24, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: This term is quite clearly a pejorative used by "trolls" on the internet. It shouldnt be on an encyclopedia. If one were to start including every offensive word coined by supporters of one political ideology to criticise supporters of an opposing ideology on social media, there would be no end to it. Judging from the sources, the term seems to have no notability outside of social media and political opinion pieces. 170.251.154.111 (talk) 04:54, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Suffices wiki requirement of coverage and notability , eventhough for some it may seem intrusive Shrikanthv (talk) 08:02, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: People should at-least be conscious of this word.Terabar (talk) 19:10, 2 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Well sourced article on the lingo pf a political moment.E.M.Gregory (talk) 02:34, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: This term does not pass many wikipedia Guidelines. There are lots of other sarcastic terms like this. But those terms should not be included on wiki. Suman420 (talk) 13:36, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Wait! Which guidelines you are talking about? Wikipedia is a site for providing information. This article gives the neutral point of view. Its not biased. Terabar (talk) 13:45, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not saying it's biased. I'm just saying it should be on wiktionary...not on wikipedia.Suman420 (talk) 13:52, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting. User:Suman420, can you explain, because we do have Limosine liberal and a whole Category:Political metaphors referring to people. E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:18, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

E.M.Gregory There is a term "Pappu" and we Indians use it to indicate how dumb someone is. This term is frequently used for a popular political leader in India. I won't take his name. I think including these kinda terms won't make wikipedia better. Personal opinion though. Suman420 (talk) 18:19, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Suman420: Anyway, there is already an article named Pappu, though name of that politician is removed from article.--Human3015^TALK 18:46, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That article does not represent what I mentioned above.Suman420 (talk) 19:42, 3 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: social media slang. Not notable.Adamstraw99 (talk) 03:50, 6 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: It seems strange that on one hand you say that it is a social media slang and not notable but on the other hand in your edits you insert Rahul Gandhi's name in one social media slang page. See [1]. Why this double standard? Terabar (talk) 17:37, 6 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete- as per nom and other delete comments. Dat GuyWiki (talk) 09:42, 6 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete:In this Article Bharatiya Janata Party, Narendra Modi, Right wing word use is politically motivated by opposition political party supporter as they are more use to with it. and I suggest it to delete it after all Wikipedia is not platform to play politics.--Kdmehta1234 (talk) 00:49, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, this is weird, we also have Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/bhakt. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:35, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I've deleted that AfD and will note that it was opened by @Gyan.pat:. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:12, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: The word Bhakt is an ancient Sanskrit word shared by many Indian languages. In all these languages, it denotes a person who shows reverence and devotion to God or some higher entity. Limiting the definition to a narrow recent political use is incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.202.38.164 (talk) 05:45, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete : The purpose of this article is to troll supporters of a political party. The meaning of hindi word 'bhakt' is way more deep in hindu religion. Why let wikimedia be corrupted by trolls?? Please ensure deletion, or writing full fledged article on 'bhakt' and keeping this term as 'popular culture' in social media.Maverick.Mohit (talk) 05:53, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Very much relevant in current context and people must be aware of its meaning as it is commonly used — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.141.106.36 (talk) 09:57, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Wikipedia is not urban dictionary to include pages for memes. Bhakt is nothing more than a meme as is Adarsh Liberal. Both of them should be deleted. HemaChandra88 (talk) 15:12, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Per all reasons above.VictoriaGrayson^Talk 15:34, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adarsh Liberal (2nd nomination), which is a related Afd for another Indian pejorative term. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:44, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: The word Bhakt is an ancient indic word which means devotee, mostly in religious terms. For sometime it has been used to refer RW supporters in India. There can be a proper theological article on the term 'Bhakt' and there may be a small paragraph about its this use, but this article does not deserve a place on Wikipedia. Raju Das (talk) 16:11, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: The word BHAKTA or BHAKT is an ancient Indic word shared by many Indian languages. It means devotee. This article has been written as an opinion piece with an intention to troll the supporters of a particular political party in India. There can be a separate article on the actual meaning of the word Bhakt, and a gist of this usage included there. But, this article in its current form does not have a place in Wikipedia. It belongs more in Urban Dictionary. MT (talk) 20:43, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:NOTDICTIONARY. Editors should remember that "utility" is not a reason for keeping an article, see WP:NOT. --Bejnar (talk) 05:06, 9 December 2015 (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.