Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hinduism in Scotland
Mais oui!'s fears about mass deletion is a non-argument, likewise the Deacon's argument of . What matters is what the sources say, and giving our readers the best possible experience. In general that's best achieved by comprehensive general articles, breaking out specifics into daughter articles as and when they start to overwhelm the parent article. We shouldn't be dogmatic about the level at which that happens - Hinduism in Scotland is no different in principle to Hinduism in Malawi or Hinduism in Yorkshire or Hinduism in Glasgow or Hinduism in Stornoway, if the  exist to write a meaningful, distinctive article that serves our readers better than including bits in the parent article then you do it, at whatever level of the pyramid. However I would note that there are only 3 Gbooks hits for this subject, two of which are apparently trivial. The third is a book about the construction of the temple in Edinburgh which has some coverage of the wider subject but notes that as of 1995 "there has been no serious study made of Hinduism in Scotland" and "http://books.google.com/books?id=PEtnlcck3l8C&pg=PA65 it is extremely difficult to pinpoint what is distinctive about 'Scottish' Hinduism (if it is at all distinct)". That last comment in particular from a  makes me think that this article is a division too far, and it should be merged into the main UK article. Yes, you could construct an acceptably Wiki article based on that kind of stuff - but its unique content would be minimal and I think our readers would be served better by a UK article alone. On the other hand, the existence of that book suggests to me that an article about the Edinburgh temple is probably worth having - and you could probably include some bits about Scottish Hinduism in the background to that article if appropriate. I think the key is to take every article on the merits of the potential sources and not to be dogmatic about how far down the geographical pyramid you take things
— User:Le, 15:44, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS||WP:RS||WP:RS (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)