Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rajputra

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 redirect‎ to Rajput. ✗plicit 11:56, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Rajputra

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Ongoing effective edit war between a longstanding redirect and a one-line WP:DICTDEF. The new short article was PROD'd and then de-PROD'd as not uncontroversial with AfD suggested. Attempts to return to the original redirect have been reverted with reference to User_talk:Bishonen#Need your advice whether some action should be taken against this editor. One editor has been topic-banned. Rajaputra may also be relevant. Lithopsian (talk) 13:57, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:07, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
• Delete, the topic is not Notable to have a seperate article and it was basically created as a redirect for caste promotion. It was a term used for princes in ancient India and as per WP:NOTDICTIONARY, it should be deleted.-Admantine123 (talk) 18:00, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Previous WP:PROD candidate, ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:37, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

• Redirect as before. Wikipedia is not a dictionary per above, the definition entry is more appropriate for Wiktionary. - Indefensible (talk) 15:17, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
• Redirect back to Rajput as was the case for over 15 years and where the term is already mentioned (so could even have a specific redirect to Rajput#Early_references). I see no reason why this needs to be a stand-alone article and agree with other editors' concerns around WP:NOTDICT. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:05, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
• Restore redirect per above. (I have a slight preference for redirect to Rajput as a whole, as the lead has sufficient information to help the reader IMO, but no strong opinion.) Even the reader who is looking for a definition is going to be better served by that article. -- Visviva (talk) 19:59, 4 July 2023 (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.