Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bhatukali (game)

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The result was merge to House (game). (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 01:36, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bhatukali (game)

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This is basic an Indian variation of playing "house". It's also unreferenced. Unless a game originated specifically in a particular country or is widely known by that name, I don't believe including this would satisfy the naming criteria for articles. Mgm|^(talk) 11:44, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:19, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete No sources whatsoever indicating notability. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:15, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete non notable. Maybe a mention of the Marathi title could be made here House (game)--Sodabottle (talk) 06:05, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or Merge to House (game). Page 253 on this source (Oxford Univ Press) provides significant detail about the game, page 60, v. 21, 1991 of this magazine provides some info on the history, this magazine article provides some info on the components of the game, page 99, v 80-81 of Zeitschrift für Ethnologie provides contextual info. There are some Marathi sources too, but my Marathi is terrible, so I can't do much with that. -SpacemanSpiff 16:03, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep based on the sources found by SpacemanSpiff. Edward321 (talk) 03:25, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 00:12, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The references only prove that my initial idea about the game was correct. There is no difference between this and "playing house" which is the proper name according to naming conventions. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:30, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I concur with those recommending keeping or merging the content to the existing article on this subject. ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:01, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to House (game). I disagree that this is completely the same as the western version of the game, but it is a stub with not much notability. It would best serve as a section of House (game), which I think should show any variations of the game from around the world. Equazcion ^(talk) 13:24, 15 Dec 2009 (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.