Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ranka

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The result was delete. There's some suggestions here for redirects and mentions on other pages, but in the same comment, it's said that this fails WP:V, so I don't see how we can do anything with it, so just delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:19, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ranka

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Removed prod regarding a supposed ethnic group from India. The article has has a "no citation" banner for nearly a decade. After an extensive search, I was unable to find any sources on the topic: I found sources on a location and company called Ranka, but not on an ethnic group. Even assuming this ethnic group meets notability requirements, the article is so poorly written that it would need to be completely rewritten to be suitable for Wikipedia. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 01:03, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I can’t find anything in English either. I wonder if anyone reading Marwari or other possibly relevant languages can turn anything up?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mccapra (talk • contribs) 03:35, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 04:59, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 04:59, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 04:59, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment there is a source in the text - "Mahajan Vansh Muktavali" [1]. Unfortunately, I can't read the language the source is in. power~enwiki (π, ν) 02:47, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

power~enwiki, this book was authored by some Jain monk in 1921, and is not an academic source, thereby unacceptable for history/religion/caste-related content on this project. - NitinMlk (talk) 20:14, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – Ranka is just one of the 1,444 gotras of Oswals. At best, it can be mentioned at the Oswal page. As far as the page in question is concerned, it should be moved to Ranka (disambiguation), as there is no primary topic here. BTW, three articles of persons with this (sur)name – namely Ranka Velimirović, Arpit Ranka, and H S Ranka – can aslo be listed at the disambiguation page.

A relevant quote regarding Ranka

Choudhry, P. S. (1968). Rajasthan between the two world wars (1919-1939). Sri Ram Mehra & Co. p. 78. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
The Oswals are peculiar to Rajasthan alone.¹ They get their name after a former town in Marwar called Osia or Osinagar. They are supposed to be the descendants of a number of Rajputs of different clans who were converted to Jainism by a celebrated Jain priest, Ratna Prabha Suri. They are said to have over 1,444 exogamous sub-divisions, some of which are Abhani, Bhandari, Hirawat, Khazanchi, Chajer, Daga, Juniwal, Guglia, Lunawat, Muhonot, Nahar, Patwa, Ranka, Sankhla, Tolawat, Targar etc.

NitinMlk (talk) 20:14, 31 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and turn it to a disambiguation with Ranka (disambiguation) becoming a redirect, nothing meaningful to be found about the subject in my searches, fails WP:V since nothing can be verified, and WP:GNG since there are no multiple WP:SIGCOV in reliable secondary sources. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 10:33, 4 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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