Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bhai Makhan Shah
I think that, consistent with the comments of Sukh and the discussions several of those who posted here have had with the article's creator on his and other talk pages, it would be fair to say that there is a consensus for keep.  The article, as it is now, still needs a great deal of work, but the appropriate tag has been added, and it appears that Hari understands how best to write the article in order that it should conform to Wikipedia conventions (although I am a bit worried by his comment supra: "When a Sakhi is told, it is told as a story. That is how these were recorded in the "Janam Sakhi"s which have existed since Guru Nanak in the 1500. What is suddenly wrong with this style? Was there a reason why this style was used? And because of Wikipedia, this style has to change?").  This can't be closed as a |speedy keep, but I do think it should now be closed as keep.  In the future, I do think that a proper procedure for us to follow when presented with an article such as this was in its first version, consistent with the "On deleting pages" section of , is to vote "delete" and then list the article on 
— User:Jahiegel, 20:42, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:SK||WP:DGFA||WP:RA (Wikipedia:Speedy keep)