Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pakistani Village Life

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 keep per several "heal face turns" including a partial one by the nom. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:40, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistani Village Life

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This is unsourced original research, and I do not see how this could be saved, since the topic is actually not defined. Ymblanter (talk) 08:14, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I will not close the nomination myself, but I see that not it becomes more like an article, and, in principle, I will not object keeping it. Redirecting with the full information transfer is another possible outcome.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:04, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as it stands. Completely unsourced, original research. Changing to Keep following the sterling efforts of some editors to turn this into an encyclopedic article. Good work! --sparkl_!sm ^hey! 08:17, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Entirely Original research and multiple POV issues (Eg. "his life is very miserable. He is very poor as the lion's share taken away by the (Zamindar). He is simply left to starve"). Satisfied by the article's renewal. Keep. -- MST☆R ^{(Chat Me!)} 07:45, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The topic seems quite easy to improve and I have made a start. Warden (talk) 16:52, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete If there is salvageable information, merge it into an appropriate article.JoelWhy (talk) 18:18, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Wikipedia is not a travel guide. SL93 (talk) 23:56, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
~~Leaning Keep~~ Comment: ~~Per~~ User:Colonel Warden's has made improvements, which includes the addition of sources to the article. Northamerica1000^(talk) 06:44, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Found and incorporated this source into the article:

Knerr, Béatrice (Prof. Dr.). "Overseas Migration and its Socio-Economic Impacts on the Families Left Behind in Pakistan: A Case Study in the Province Punjab, Pakistan" (PDF). Volume 6. Kassell University Press. p. 102. Retrieved May 3, 2012.

—Northamerica1000^(talk) 06:57, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Topic meets WP:GNG per the following sources listed below. Furthermore, additional research for sources is very likely to return more reliable sources for this topic.

Black, Carolyn (2002), Pakistan: The People, p. 18, ISBN 9780778793472
S.M.H. Zaidi (1970), The village culture in transition. A study of East Pakistan rural society.
Opler, Morris E. (February–April 1972). "Review: The Village Culture in Transition: A Study of East Pakistan Rural Society by S. M. Hafeez Zaidi; Change and Continuity in India's Villages by K. Ishwaran". Vol. 74, No. 1/2. American Anthropologist. pp. 63–65. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
Knerr, Béatrice (Prof. Dr.). "Overseas Migration and its Socio-Economic Impacts on the Families Left Behind in Pakistan: A Case Study in the Province Punjab, Pakistan" (PDF). Volume 6. Kassell University Press. p. 102. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
Kennedy, Charles Stuart (interviewer) (December 14, 2004). "Interview: Eisenbraun, Stephen". The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training: Foreign Affairs Oral History Project. Retrieved May 4, 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)— Includes information about rural life in Pakistan and Pakistani villages

—Northamerica1000^(talk) 07:46, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - The article has been expanded and its structure has significantly changed since the time of this nomination for deletion. All except two of the sources listed above have been incorporated into it as inline citations. Northamerica1000^(talk) 07:51, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 17:40, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 17:40, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep based on sources found. Dream Focus 19:25, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:HEY and abundant academic sources available online [1]. --SMS ^Talk 21:50, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
keep The article has made much progress since the AfD nomination - that the original, dubious claims are clearly irrelevant. Please give editors a chance to do some work before bringing articles to Afd. Thanks BO; talk 21:20, 10 May 2012 (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.