Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A.N.S. Raghavan


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The result was   delete. ‑Scottywong | spill the beans _ 16:54, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

A.N.S. Raghavan

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There is no evidence of notability due to insufficient information about the subject and I haven't found any relevant sources with Google News India. Considering the article mentions "1920s", it is certainly possible that any sources may not be English or Internet-based. Although A. N. S. Raghavan and N. S. Raghavan are both businesspeople, there isn't any evidence to suggest they are related. Considering the article claims he was a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), I searched but found nothing relevant. I found recent news articles for a B. Raghavan but, like N. S. Raghavan, there isn't any evidence of relation. As I mentioned, if this person truly existed, it is likely that useful sources are not English and I wish there was a native name to expand my search but there isn't. I should note that I have watched this article since June 2012 and, unsurprisingly, the article hasn't received any activity or improvement. SwisterTwister  talk  23:33, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * There is no doubt that this person truly existed, per the Google Books search linked above. Notability is another matter, about which I have no opinion. Phil Bridger (talk) 14:31, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:23, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:23, 19 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete – Per above. Dcfc1988 (talk) 01:36, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. Current article has no references demonstrating notability. There's a The Hindu article profiling A.N.S. Raghavan, but I haven't been able to find much else. As the nom has suggested, the sources, if they are out there, are likely in not in English. I'm willing to change my opinion if more sources are provided.-- xanchester  (t)  19:51, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete as lacking in-depth coverage in reliable sources. If such sources are added to the article, feel free to ping my talk page. Stuartyeates (talk) 03:29, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. I tend to agree with Xanchester. There's this book cite, but it's about his death and is in passing. All other book mentions are mere listings of people. Nothing else to be found rises to the level of significance under WP:GNG. If he's a pioneer in his field, it's a bit surprising to me that there isn't more English sourcing. English is commonly used in India as a language of business, and there ought to be corporate histories of India in English, although I haven't checked this. Given the subject's age, I allow for the possibility that there may be Hindi or other Indian language sources to support this, but I am doubtful based on the information we have. --Batard0 (talk) 13:33, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.