Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Axl Hazarika


 * 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   no consensus. Discounting the votes from the SPAs, there are only two !votes - the nomination for 'delete', and one 'keep'. &mdash;Darkwind (talk) 06:18, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Axl Hazarika

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The subject of the article does not pass WP:GNG. He has not been covered by multiple reliable sources. Shovon (talk) 10:00, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep: Google search results in 68000 results then how come you say Indian musician Axl Hazarika is not covered. Go and read some newspapers. Don’t give baseless infos. https://www.google.co.in/search?q=google+search+rsults+in+80000+results+how+come+you+say+it+s+not+covered&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb&gws_rd=cr&ei=1P0uUrKvK82FrQf4soDoDw#channel=fflb&psj=1&q=axl+hazarika&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.254.93.232 (talk) 16:05, 10 September 2013 (UTC)  — 117.254.93.232 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Keep, Don't Delete: 67,600 results on Google search with thousands of coverage on national, international media including online news portals and magazines clearly available on Google. This biographical article passes WP:GNG — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shezzinn (talk • contribs) 16:26, 10 September 2013 (UTC)  — Shezzinn (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep: I have read about this Indian rock artist in every local newspaper of northeast India. All links are available on Google. One of them: http://www.sentinelassam.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brindas (talk • contribs) 18:49, 10 September 2013 (UTC)  — Brindas (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep: A humble request to the author and moderators of this deletion discussion. Please close it. I think it’s a mistake. Axl Hazarika is one of the budding musician from Northeast India. Already he is over all the media coverage of the region. Above all, he is the only music artist from Northeast India launched by the leading music company VEVO. His official VEVO profile can be found at http://www.vevo.com/artist/axl-hazarika He clearly passes WP:GNG — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pankhi12 (talk • contribs) 20:05, 10 September 2013 (UTC)  — Pankhi12 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 23:02, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 23:02, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: Please understand that this not a vote. So, instead of creating multiple accounts and voting to keep the article, pointing towards a few reliable sources, which cover the subject of the article will help. Btw, among the 59,700 Ghits and the sources given in the article, only the Sentinel one comes across to me as a reliable one. Shovon (talk) 08:06, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: Sorry to inform that your claim is absolutely wrong. May be you're not acquainted with the regional scene or maybe you are unaware about the recent news and happenings in northeast India. Not only The Sentinel, every leading news portal and television channel of the region has featured Axl Hazarika. Some of them are Newslive, Dy365, Frontier TV, The Assam Tribune, The Sentinel, The Eastern Chronicles, The Telegraph, The Shillong Times, The Dainik Asam, The NorthEast Today, etc. And being an Indian, you must know how to do a Google search .You are misleading the administrators by pointing towards Google.com instead of Google.co.in. A request to you, please don’t misuse your power as editor by trying to delete an article without valid points. It would have been appreciated if you could’ve contributed something better to the community instead of playing with the sentiments of an Indian musician and his fans. The subject of the article clearly passes WP:GNG  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brindas (talk • contribs) 16:03, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. Guys, have you ever heard of WP:AGF? Here's your Google.co.in hits results. The count is 58,800 and it still does not show that he has been covered by multiple reliable sources. Also, I guess a sockpuppet investigation is needed here! Shovon (talk) 09:14, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. Already the links to multiple reliable sources are provided. Google search surely includes them in the 65,000 results found. Newslive, Dy365, Frontier TV, The Assam Tribune, The Sentinel, The Eastern Chronicles, The Telegraph, The Shillong Times, The Dainik Asam, The NorthEast Today are the top newspaper and journals of the region. I’m sure you are aware of these. So, I kindly request you to close this case as these are enough as good sources. Instead of discouraging any artists of our region we must support them. And as a senior editor it would have been appreciated if you would have added the sources properly instead of putting it to the deletion queue. Nothing personal against you. Hope you act sincerely. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brindas (talk • contribs) 15:37, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Add them to the article. They don't do any good here. -- &#124;  Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  00:04, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Comment: The administrators will decide. But the sources are Reliable and Multiple. So there's no violation of Wikipedia rules. To be honest and sincere, the case should be closed by the creator since there's no point keeping it in the deletion queue until and unless he has any personal issues with the VEVO artist. Shezzinn (talk) 13:25, 13 September 2013 (UTC) 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:17, 19 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep per substantial coverage in reliable independent sources as noted above. Should article be about brothers instead of just one? Candleabracadabra (talk) 13:31, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Axl Hazarika is a very popular artist in northeast India, signed up by VEVO music. Article is fine as 'Axl Hazarika' and also includes reliable sources of media coverage as mentioned above, hence no violation of Wiki rules. Shezzinn (talk) 15:04, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Duplicative !vote struck. postdlf (talk) 22:06, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment I think this AfD is problematic because of language issues. As a suggestion, would those voting "Keep" accept a soft delete, improve a version on the Bengali Wikipedia (assuming that that's the best language for a musician from Assam to be written in) instead, then come back here when it's in a good enough shape? Ritchie333  (talk)  (cont)   10:54, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I think that it has to be the Assamese wikipedia. Even then, there are next to nothing mentions of the person in Assamese news sources. Shovon (talk) 09:34, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: This guy Shovon seems to be complete unaware of Assam’s newspapers and journals. Newslive, Dy365, Frontier TV, The Assam Tribune, The Sentinel, The Eastern Chronicles, The Telegraph, The Shillong Times, The Dainik Asam, The NorthEast Today are the top newspaper and journals from Assam and Notheast India. It’s ridiculous that he wrote “Even then, there are next to nothing mentions of the person in Assamese news sources.” And Shovon looks like a paid Wikipedia editor who trying to tamper a music artist's wiki page. A thorough investigation is needed by the moderators and administrators on the intention of Shovon edit's on wikipedia. And keep is an English word. He is trying to direct this debate in the wrong direction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brindas (talk • contribs) 12:12, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment Guys, you must be kidding by commenting about language issues! And Bengali is certainly not the best language for an Assamese. Since it's an English article, I think it should be continued in the same language, without questioning anybody's language skills. And I don't understand why Shovon is contradicting his own statements. Earlier he had accepted the fact that Axl Hazarika's news articles on Assamese prominent newspaper - The Sentinel are very much reliable, but now he says there are "next to nothing" mentions of Axl Hazarika on Assamese news sources. Shezzinn (talk) 12:26, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment Yes, Shovon seems to have some vested interest in getting the page deleted. Need an investigation from the administrators of Wikipedia. If Shovon don’t have any knowledge about all these assamese  newspapers and journals, then he certainly don’t qualify for this debate. Brindas (talk) 12:51, 26 September 2013 (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.