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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:49, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of Indian warriors[edit]

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This article was the subject of a discussion at INB, where folks including myself raised several concerns. The scope of the list is far too large. It is also too vague, as "warrior" is not clearly defined. The article includes both historical and mythological people. It has a caste-based classification system that has no encyclopedic basis. Finally, its sourcing is terrible, and there is little evidence that the subject of this list has been treated as a single topic by reliable sources. Delete. Vanamonde (talk) 15:05, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per my comment at the linked India Project thread, and those of others there. - Sitush (talk) 15:12, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Poorly-sourced list that includes mythological, legendary and historical figures, many of whom were not warriors. No such list exists for other countries. Category:Lists of Indian military personnel and Category:Lists of Indian monarchs are better places for this. utcursch | talk 15:17, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. ^{Babymissfortune} 15:24, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per my comment at the linked WT:INDIA thread. --regentspark (comment) 16:41, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per Vanamonde as per discussion at INB Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 17:06, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per discussion at WT:IN. The article has incorporated mythology with history. MT Train^Discuss 18:47, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nom. From memory, several similar lists which combined mythical with actual Indian soldiers and warriors have been deleted. Nick-D (talk) 21:57, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:58, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly keep -- I am not sure that an article such as this needs references. If the problem is combining history and myth/legend, the answer is to split. The main function of such list articles is as a subject index, but that is done much better done by categories. In the early days of WP, lists were useful in identifying articles that were needed as red links. Nevertheless this is a discussion that needs to be had in a wider context than a single article. Peterkingiron (talk) 22:19, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Define warrior. We have a list of Indian freedom fighters but what is to stop those being added to this list also? (Actually, some are already there.) It is far, far too vague. - Sitush (talk) 22:28, 20 January 2018 (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.