Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amitabh 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. -- Cirt (talk) 21:40, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Amitabh Mitra

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Self promotion.The article has been created by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Shubhoshreemitra .The user is none but the subject himself as suspected from the large number of edits to Amitabha Mitra.Fails WP:AUTOBIO Non notable poet. Fails general Notability Guideline.Taking a look into the references none speaks broadly about the notability of the subject. No major awards.No major works done by the subject. No independent coverages- most coverages are from waterforestpress, hudson view, boloji, desicrtitics with whom the subjet is himself involved as a writer or editor. The article is a self promotion bio. Also some of the links do not work.The article is promotional and very vaguely referenced.No independent references talking about his notability is found.--Diameter (talk) 13:09, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 19:26, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 19:26, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Delete per nom. just another case of self promotion.see how the subject himself protests in the discussion page as if he is going to call wars for keeping his article in wikipedia.The author has self promoted himself throughout wikipedia -see the links -edit history as if being associated with Amitabh Mitra is a thing of great prestige, ,. I see none of the books of this author is published from a reputed commercial publisher. None of the references speak of his notability.Wikipedia is not for promoting non notable authors.--117.211.84.226 (talk) 21:16, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is nothing more than WP:SPAM.  Fails WP:BK, WP:AUTHOR, WP:CREATIVE, etc. Qworty (talk) 08:41, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It seems that there has been an effort to question the validity of this article. I strongly protest at this decision. (Amitabhmitra (talk) 11:49, 15 May 2011 (UTC))
 * Amitabh Mitra is a remarkable man, a professional medical doctor, an artist and a poet of distinction. The article which has been suggested for deletion is wholly accurate, and indeed Dr Mitra has a big International following. His poetry has been published widely in South Africa and India and through the internet he has a much wider following. I would strongly suggest to Wikipedia that the entry is retained as it offers a strong link to an established poet from South Africa Philip G Bell Fellow of the Society of Environmental Engineers (FSEE), Poet, Writer and Founder of the Young Poet Society in the United Kingdom. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mindings (talk • contribs) 12:25, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I've known Dr Amitabh Mitra for the last few years and have appreciated his poetry and articles and paintings. He's a man of remarkable aesthetics and creative talent. The wikipaedia entry serves as a valid link to the life and works of Dr Amitabh Mitra and should not be deleted - C K Kerala Varma, Chennai, India. There is no doubt in my mind that Dr Amitabh Mitra is important both as a poet, as a painter and as a medical doctor. I know him in the first instance as a poet, and there is no doubt in my mind that his contribution to Indian and South African poetry deserves an entry in wikipedia. The entry in wikipedia should under no circumstance be deleted. Professor Peter Horn, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.242.114.37 (talk) 13:31, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This article has been nominated for rescue. Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:15, 18 May 2011 (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.