Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Criticism of Banda Singh Bahadur
to Banda Singh Bahadur. We don't host "Criticism of X" articles just for the hell of it and certainly not when it basically amounts to giving prominence to sectarianism etc. If nothing else, as with dedicated "criticism" or "controversy" sections in main articles, they are POV magnets and tend to lead to distortion and imbalance.This article in its various forms has consisted mostly of long quotes from sources written 150 years or more ago and which thus are basically  commentaries that fall well below the standard that is proposed by . The gist of those quotes is constant, being mostly criticism for tactical decisions, womanising and for egotism. What we really need are paraphrases of |secondary sources that discuss the issues & those seem to be hard to come by. Where they do exist, they should be incorporated into the prose of the main article, eg: a discussion of his surrender with 700 men at hand does not need to go in a "criticism" section but rather in a section discussing the military engagement itself or his military tactics in general. Frankly, without better sourcing there isn't anything much to merge at present but I'm going to do some more digging
— User:Sitush, 14:38, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:PRIMARY||WP:HISTRS||WP:SECONDARY (Wikipedia:No original research)