Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abhijit Iyer Mitra


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Star  Mississippi  16:06, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Abhijit Iyer Mitra

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I don't see anything that convinces me if the subject has satisfied WP:GNG.

Yes, there are many people who say crazy things and they get coverage from equally crazy sources, but we need significant coverage from secondary reliable sources to meet WP:GNG.

I don't see that here. Editorkamran (talk) 12:59, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep or send to Draft. The current article something like stub or start class, and needs more work.  A search on Google news shows 3,100 hits for Abhijit Iyer Mitra.  Some of these are for articles by Abhijit Iyer Mitra, but many are either about him and various law suits involving him,, or are articles that quote him. Note that his name is sometimes written Abhijit Iyer-Mitra - I assume that means that his family name is Iyer-Mitra. -- Toddy1 (talk) 13:16, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Can you point out the sources which have provided him coverage? Indian express has provided coverage to a controversy but that alone does not make him notable. Editorkamran (talk) 13:18, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * The article needs a lot more work. We should either give the creator more time to develop it, or we should move it to draft. I gave three examples above of coverage for three different things, all from different publications.  I also gave a link to Google News which you can use to find more news stories. -- Toddy1 (talk) 13:25, 20 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and India.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 15:09, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 'Delete Not close to meeting WP:N yet.Georgethedragonslayer (talk) 10:07, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep or Draftify per Toddy1. The article clearly needs a lot of work, but this is someone who was gaoled for political protest around legalising same-sex marriage in India, which itself could contribute to notability if we can get the appropriate sources — many of which I would expect might not be in English, given Oriya is the official language of Odisha state. — OwenBlacker (he/him; Talk; please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 19:47, 23 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete. I'm afraid we can't have policies go for a toss. Entire article appears to be sourced to dubious, primary citations. If reliable sources have not been found for meeting even the general threshold for inclusion, then this inconsequential biography doesn't belong in our mainspace. And this really looks like a perfunctorily written, cacophony of trivial information intermeshed with a sensational account of arrest. Kerberous (talk) 08:54, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete or Draftify I am afraid that I do not see the notability. The gaol-episode is BLP1E. He is a prolific columnist but what else? TrangaBellam (talk) 10:23, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I have given the article a scrub. BLP3E applies. -- Toddy1 (talk) 23:25, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per above comments. There is absolutely no need to draftify as the subject is still non-notable. CharlesWain (talk) 12:32, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails to meet Wikipedia’s notability criteria. BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 03:52, 27 February 2023 (UTC)


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