Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion (2nd nomination)

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The result was (non-admin closure) Bad faith nomination. WP:NOTCENSORED. Malformed AfD. — Czello 11:33, 23 August 2022 (UTC) [reply]

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Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion

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Disrespect towards Hindu community. Radha was not married to Bhagwan Krishna. She was a devotee according to Vaishnav Shastra ex. Shrimad Bhagwat. Shree Krishna is the most respected avatar in history. He should be revered not abused. Such painting are painted by enemies of Hinduism who may have Hindu names but were not Hindus from heart and are those who had vested interests. Any book/media which promotes such picture either do not understand Hinduism/Hindu sentiments or purposefully against it. Wikipedia should take a ground on whether they should be neutral towards everybody and remove every article which demeans some religion (ie. Hinduism) or declare itself as a platform of hate towards Hindus. Later choice will have serious repercussions. Wikipedia might be banned in India if things like this come out open. Already many such internet products (ex. Amazon in recent time, even Bollywood films like LSC) are banned after twitter boycott. So, it's not gonna be different for wikipedia. For example Islamic countries would have banned WP if any picture of Muhammad was shown here even though hundreds of such pictures are available. India is also a religious country. Religion has serious impact on government decisions. So, admins delete it if you don't want more controversy. ShresthaShome.Ullas (talk) 10:43, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, as a notable painting and Wikipedia is WP:NOTCENSORED. We also have an article on depictions of Muhammed. SailingInABathTub ~~🛁~~ 11:01, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete, Depections of Muhammad are not vulgar. They are not in sexual positions. Those depictions are Historic (ie. in war or treaty). Here the depiction has no valid reason. ie. no shastra suggest that Krishna and Radha had sex. By the way, the painting itself has no reason to exist other than being used to normalize such depiction. And wikipedia will sensor notable Russian propaganda if they are against Ukraine or USA. Or Nazi propaganda against allies. No party is truly uncensored. And it's not even practical to not censor everything. Also, notability in a single book is not really notability. Cultural sensitivity and differences must be acknowledge. The publisher of the book may not care about it but wikipedia must care since it is viewed by everyone. Stop viewing everything with your lens.
ShresthaShome.Ullas (talk) 11:16, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2022 August 23. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 11:06, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep No valid grounds for removing the article. WP:NOTCENSORED. Kleuske (talk) 11:20, 23 August 2022 (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.