Deletion of List of Indian castes

Comment: per Masem. All I see arguing for deletion are  arguments. This is a notable topic and we have numerous articles for which the very first identifying fact about the subject is that it is a caste. Hence, it is normal practice to index those articles by their relationship to that notable topic. There is also a category structure that most, if not all, of the delete !voters above consider appropriate, which rather undercuts their claims that the very indexing that this list represents is unverifiable or POV. I also see some rather condescending comments above by some delete !voters that those !voting "keep" just don't understand the topic; the problem as I see it in this AFD is that the delete !voters have instead failed to put forth a persuasive deletion argument, just ipse dixit
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:SUSCEPTIBLE)

Comment: changed my opinion per  and  No reliable source exists for this article
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:OR)

Comment: Terrifyingly ambitious, but a good example of  if I ever saw one
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (WP:LISTPURP)

Comment: The topic is notable per  - see ''http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=u8vvtDI9kt0C Castes and Tribes of Southern India'', for example.  The claim that replacing this list with one or more categories would be better is false, as noted by  which points out that categories have numerous disadvantages including
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:LISTN||WP:CLN)

Comment: This has been a very interesting AfD to read. It seems that the best argument in favor of deletion is a combination of  and , with the assertion that castes in India are not a formally defined thing. This is being objected to by several editors who, based on my reading of this AfD, don't appear to be terribly familiar with the subject in that they are suggesting that some source or sources exist -- even "government" sources -- that authoritatively list what castes exist in India. I admit to not being familiar with the subject myself, but the arguments advanced by
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (WP:NPOV||WP:OR)