Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hindu views of gender of Brahman, Shiva, and Vishnu

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 move to God and gender in Hinduism. Without redirect. Tim Song (talk) 04:14, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hindu views of gender of Brahman, Shiva, and Vishnu[edit]

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Original research topic. No notable sources to this topic. Wikid ^as© 18:20, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Many schools of Hinduism such as the Shakta school believe in the Divinity in the female conception. This is a significant distinction from the Abrahmanic faiths; see pg. 30 of http://books.google.com/books?id=RmGKHu20hA0C&pg=PA30&dq=God+female+form+Hinduism&cd=6#v=onepage&q=God%20female%20form%20Hinduism&f=false

There are several references cited in the article:

Surendranath Dasgupta,A History of Indian Philosophy (1991) p. 31

Santilata Dei, Del Santilata, Vaisnavism in Orissa (1988) p. 167

Beck, Guy L. (2005). Alternative Krishnas: regional and vernacular variations on a Hindu deity. Albany, N.Y: State University of New York Press. pp. p. 68. ISBN 0-7914-6415-6.

Kakoli Basak, (1991) Rabindranath Tagore, a Humanist - p. 11

Rosen 2002, p. 54

Valpey 2006, p. 110

Schweig 2005, p. 125

Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature - p. 4290, Amaresh Datta, Mohan Lal,1994

Schwartz 2004, p. 35

These appear to be reliable references. I did not create the article in the entirety. Thus, I disagree that this article is based on original research.

Raj2004 (talk) 22:06, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Move to God and gender in Hinduism as sub-article of Gender of God and cleanup. — goethean ॐ 01:43, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 10:10, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and move to God and gender in Hinduism. There's significant coverage on this topic, and presence of original research in the article shouldn't be a reason to delete. Claritas § 12:36, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
With all due respect to User:Wikidas, there is plenty of English-language coverage. Keep (rename if appropriate); or persuade me that the article is unsalvageable. East of Borschov (talk) 13:09, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Claritas. The article should be renamed to God and gender in Hinduism. The title change to Hindu views of gender of Brahman, Shiva, and Vishnu is problematic for the uninitiated. Raj2004 (talk) 13:23, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:47, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have no objection to rename and cleanup. It is the "Hindu views of gender of Brahman, Shiva, and Vishnu" article that I have serious problem with. God and gender in Hinduism sounds okay, there are (some) sources to it. Don't know if that clarified it for you. The "Brahman, Shiva, and Vishnu" is a complete OR, if article kept on this name it should be deleted. Wikid ^as© 19:42, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Someone redirected the article God and gender in Hinduism to Hindu views of gender of Brahman, Shiva, and Vishnu. It's an exact copy. Someone should eliminate the redirect. I think I will. Raj2004 (talk) 20:12, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I copied the exact info from Hindu views of gender of Brahman, Shiva, and Vishnu to God and gender in Hinduism. Please delete the Hindu views of gender of Brahman, Shiva, and Vishnu. Thanks, Raj2004 (talk) 20:17, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think that you need to wait for this afd to be closed and then do a proper page move. Then the talk page will be retained. — goethean ॐ 20:52, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with you, Goethean. I did not delete Hindu views of gender of Brahman, Shiva, and Vishnu and left it to Wikidas and users such as yourself to make that decision. Raj2004 (talk) 00:09, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What is the point of redirect? It is an OR redirect, there should be no redirect from Hindu views of gender of Brahman, Shiva, and Vishnu. Wikid ^as© 04:40, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The original article was God and gender in Hinduism. Someone redirected to a new title without discussion. Raj2004 (talk) 09:52, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with God and gender in Hinduism and delete Hindu views of gender of Brahman, Shiva, and Vishnu. No redirect necessary IMO. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:11, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"On 14:58, 19 May 2008 Dbachmann moved "God and gender in Hinduism" to "Hindu views of gender of Brahman, Shiva, and Vishnu". Actually, a WP:RM procedure should be followed to retain history. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 16:15, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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