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The result was keep. Geschichte (talk) 17:05, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
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I searched Google, Google-news, Google-books, Google-scholar, JSTOR, and checked for sources in other language versions of this article in other Wikipedias. I was unable to find substantial Reliable Sourcing for Nila Devi.
Note: I deleted[1] a ref to a blog and two refs to forums, as blatantly non-RS. Aside from the recent addition of those junk refs, the article has been tagged as completely unsourced since March 2014.[2]
I asked at Hinduism-related topics notice board#Nila_Devi, and was I advised "If it doesn't pass WP:N, then you should definitely nominate it for deletion." I don't know much about Hinduism, but as I understand it there are a vast number of non-notable local gods and goddesses.
I just found Encyclopaedia of Hindu Gods and Goddesses.[3] (You can click the snippet to see the full page.) It has a three sentence entry for this goddess, saying little more than that there's only a single mention of Niladevi and no art of the goddess has been discovered. Note that the article includes three artwork images claiming to depict this goddess, suggesting that these image-claims may constitute WP:Original research. Alsee (talk) 16:22, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. Alsee (talk) 16:22, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Wait an editor is reconstructing it..💠245CMR💠.•👥📜 12:59, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
- Keep I have addded various references to the article.--Redtigerxyz Talk 14:36, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
- Keep There are standard references, usually in Tamil scriptures. We have Niladevi as festive image in almost all the Vishnu temples in South India. One such image is included. Got this from Śrī Rāmānuja Vāṇī: A Quarterly Journal of Viśiśtādvaita Vedānta - "Usually, it is held that this is but an attempt to win God for herself from Niladevi . Niladevi is considered in Sri Vaisnava theology to be the third form or personality of the Divine Mother , whose two other forms are Bhudevi and Sridevi".Ssriram mt (talk) 15:04, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
- Keep Per WP:HEY - The9Man (Talk) 07:27, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
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