User talk:Stubborn1989

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Saurabh Aggarwal
Hello - welcome to Wikipedia. Please take a moment to read the links above and if you have any questions, please ask them at the Teahouse forum.

Regarding your issue with the contested deletion, Wikipedia is not a place to promote a borderline-notable athlete, regardless of whether his example 'encourages' people to take up the Ironman competition. It's not a social media network to promote his achievements before he becomes notable. If he participates in, say, the Olympics in 2016, he will be notable. If you're currently trying to promote him as a role model, there are plenty of places to do that with less stringent requirements (see WP:ALTERNATE).

Thanks. I'm sorry this isn't better news, but there are many Ironman athletes in the world who get publicity (for instance some of the others mentioned in one of the articles). If this guy goes on to gain notability (basically, being covered in sources which discuss his achievements as an athlete without the air of being solely promotional pieces, like the references provided), then and only then can he have a Wikipedia page.

It might also be a good idea to talk to people at the Indian Wikiproject in order to gauge how best to go about working on topics that affect India. LS1979 (talk) 10:24, 14 December 2014 (UTC)