Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aparajitha Raja (2nd nomination)


 * 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 keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. ✗ plicit  05:02, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Aparajitha Raja
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Non notable politician who fails to satisfy any criterion from WP:NPOL TheWikiholic (talk) 10:30, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Women,  and India.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 10:40, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Delhi-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 11:02, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete. Student politics is not a level of office that confers an automatic free pass over WP:NPOL, and I still struggle to understand why Indian editors are so uniquely more prone than anybody else to thinking it would be — but the article cites absolutely nothing like the volume, depth or range of media coverage about her that it would take to satisfy WP:GNG. Bearcat (talk) 20:47, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment - the previous AfD closed as keep, and various sources identified in that discussion have not been added to the article. My search before reviewing the previous AfD had similar results, e.g.
 * D Raja's daughter to contest elections for DUSU president (PTI/Hindustan Times, 1 Sept 2010) - some biographical/educational background, some interview
 * For Aparajitha,lineage alone won't seal victory (The Indian Express, 2 September 2010) - based on an interview, with some context
 * Aparajitha Raja is in the eye of a 'patriotic' storm (Business Standard, 27 Feb 2016) - some interview, with context
 * Insider-Out (The New Indian Express, 13 Mar 2016) - "Well-known Bengali writer Mandakranta Sen has written a poem, I Am Aparajitha, dedicated to her."
 * JNUSU polls: Women candidates fielded by all parties for president's post this year (India Today, 31 Aug 2017) "...creating a buzz among all candidates is Rajya Sabha member and Communist Party of India leader D Raja's daughter Aparajitha Raja, who tore into JNU administration in her nomination speech on the campus..." with additional reporting on her platform
 * JNU sedition case: Court to consider chargesheet against Kanhaiya, others on January 19 (The Indian Express, 15 Jan 2019) - she is briefly mentioned with context and quoted
 * JNU Sedition Row Serves Right-Wing Govt’s Agenda: Aparajitha Raja - (The Quint, 19 Jan 2019) - an interview with some introductory context
 * Beccaynr (talk) 22:11, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 04:20, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep Has several in-depth pieces almost entirely about her by major news outlets, alongside some smaller but still substantive coverage for her runs for student union presidencies. The reason Indian editors think that student politicians are notable is because student politics in India are vastly more important than in the rest of the world and several of our major universities are better-known for their politics than actual research. AryKun (talk) 09:48, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep Not satisfying NPOL is not grounds for deletion, NPOL provides inclusionary criteria to accord presumed notability, it cannot be a basis for exclusion. Those advocating delete provide no analysis of the sources from the last discussion, nor address the result at the last AfD, which was a fairly clear consensus for keep. Notability is not temporary. There is more than adequate sourcing to satisfy the GNG/BIO. Regards,--Goldsztajn (talk) 21:27, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep - agree to AryKun's comments --  Tinu  Cherian  - 13:52, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep NPOL is irrelevant here, the claim for notability is per WP: BASIC. The sourcing demonstrates significant coverage in multiple reliable sources, as shown also in the last AfD. AusLondonder (talk) 23:30, 18 February 2024 (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.