Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of highest grossing Indian Bengali films

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 delete. WP:V compliance and therefore reliable sourcing is not optional, contrary to what the "keep" opinion says. Given that the article itself says that "most of the sources are unreliable", the matter is quite clear. The "merge" opinion must be disregarded because it offers no argument and in any case a merger does not resolve the sourcing problem.  Sandstein  12:20, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of highest grossing Indian Bengali films

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Largely unsourced article. Could have been vandalised but without sources still unreliable and/or WP:OR The Banner talk 08:46, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:34, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:34, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:34, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:34, 6 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Call for better sourcing, sure, but this is a basic kind of list about movies. It already does have disclaimer in its text about the numbers possibly not being comparable / sources being unreliable. Would anyone delete a list of highest grossing American films of some period? I think not. --doncram 01:46, 11 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete for now. Article has existed for more than two months and it still is not sourced? I have no problem with it being recreated in draft space, and being sourced, but a disclaimer in the lead of an article in main space that basically disregard WP:V, that is not acceptable. Delete per WP:DEL6/WP:DEL7. — Sam Sailor 04:51, 12 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to List_of_highest-grossing_Indian_films#Highest-grossing_Bengali_films.Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:56, 18 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom and Sam. Take a look at the very first edit to this article (IE the page creation) here. It's started by someone who admits that the sources may not be reliable! That was the user's fifth edit (fourth in mainspace) ever. They seem to be familar with creating complex tables (see if a real newbie can do that) and using existing in-house wiki templating as the submitted their article. That user has made about a dozen real edits in total, and reeks of a WP:SPA. Yes, strike me down for not WP:AGF, but at best this fails WP:V, and at worst is an unsourced mess that damages the project by remaining here. The burden is with the article creator to a) at least find some reliable sources and b) demonstrate the small matter of notability. If by some miracle this article is cleaned up in the next 24-48 hours, then by all means, keep it. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 16:57, 18 September 2016 (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.