Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anjan Contractor


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The result was delete. Both "keep"s are by editors with 30-ish edits, so, yeah, no.  Sandstein   19:16, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Anjan Contractor

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Blatant self-promotion (see and []) and ludicrous claims that he "commercialised" 3D printing, as if no-one else was active in the field. Also a significant lack of robust sources that go beyond the slack-news-day junk about 3D-printed pizza to solve food shortages. Andy Dingley (talk) 07:35, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:33, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:33, 15 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete as searches simply found nothing better. SwisterTwister   talk  22:08, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Will remove "commercialised" which is taken totally out of context, but no need to debate it. Simply will remove it. Will also add all media coverage.3Dnasa (talk) 21:36, 18 March 2016 (UTC) Subject is in a broad spectrum of coverage from Wired on down, all RS, and has made a significant contribution to the field. 3D printing page info was removed and isn't relevant here.3Dnasa (talk) 21:50, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment I am generally an inclusionist and he may have some notability, however, the close relationship thing bothers me a bit.--Metallurgist (talk) 03:59, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:BIO in general; and as above, advertorial. No indication of much contemporary notability, let alone long-yerm. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi  15:53, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep | GNews shows a wealth of RS starting in 2013. Subject is notable. I took a look at the article after a request-- and cut down a few of the adverbs and promo which I see as an actual problem, now flagged. Moresie (talk) 19:59, 22 March 2016 (UTC)


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