Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/B.D. Goenka


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The result was   keep. Cirt (talk) 23:10, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

B.D. Goenka

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Fails to address the notability requirements. Being the son of a newspaper baron is not an automatic guarantee of notability. Searching Google News shows that the award named after his death may be notable but he is only mentioned tangentially. This article is a content fork of The Indian Express and this trivial mention of B.D. Goenka can be merged back to that main article. Ash (talk) 16:07, 9 January 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  00:51, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- Ash (talk) 16:08, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  -- Ash (talk) 16:13, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Given the age of the subject (died circa 70s) and the Indian nationality, sourcing this is likely to be difficult. Yet there seem to be a number of gbooks hits that indicate this guy was not merely the son of someone notable: see here. For example, he has been described as the inveterate foe of the Nehru family. I think this is the kind of article that with a bit of expert attention and full access to sources would very clearly establish notability. --Mkativerata (talk) 16:45, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 01:06, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * weak Keep The newspaper he managed seems to be so highly notable that he probably is also, but it would be good to have some more specific information about his role    DGG ( talk ) 03:33, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * (clarification) The reason I nominated this chap was due to the lack of reliable sources specifically about him. If I were re-writing the nomination, I would base the rationale on the article being a trivial content fork rather than strict notability, however that point is made by the current text. If the article is kept then there is every reason to expect that there can be no improvement for that reason. Ash (talk) 06:37, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
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