Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Balkrishna


 * 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. Sarahj2107 (talk) 07:55, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Balkrishna

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Hello fellow Wikipedians,

How is this nonsense allowed? "He has explored four rare and extinct aṣṭavarga plants used as ingredients in the preparation of chyavanaprāśa, an Ayurvedic tonic. Discovered the sañjīvanībūtī of legendary fame." This article should be up for deletion. If no neutral information can be provided, none should be provided at all. Least of all claims of resurrecting extinct plants or creating magic medicines!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.91.152.105 (talk) 07:02, 24 May 2016 (UTC) Edit: Marked for deletion. As per Wikipedia's deletion policy, this article violates rule #4 "Advertising or other spam without any relevant or encyclopedic content", #7 "Articles for which thorough attempts to find reliable sources to verify them have failed" - Good luck finding sources for him rediscovering extinct plants, #9 "Articles that breach Wikipedia's policy on biographies of living persons", blatantly violating no original research and #14 "Any other content not suitable for an encyclopedia" which clearly states no to "Advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment of any kind: commercial, political, scientific, religious, national, sports-related, or otherwise" or "Self-promotion". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.91.152.105 (talk) 07:12, 24 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep but rewrite heavily, or blow it up and start over. I have completed the nomination on behalf of the above IP editor.  Subject is clearly notable based on the sources already in the article, but the article is completely whitewashed of the negative information found, for instance, in the cited Business Standard article.  This needs a far more neutral treatment.  -- Finngall   talk  17:57, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:04, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:04, 24 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Weak keep, per WP:UGLY I'd like to see the article cleaned up a little, sources are not a problem here. Tpdwkouaa (talk) 20:36, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete, I think this should be subject to WP:TNT or deleted as a whole. The article is too biased to be saved and evidently written with a clear autobiographical positive bias and serious whitewashing. A few newspaper articles and recognition by the Indian Prime Minister in a minor, insignificant and not well publicized press release does not necessarily demonstrate the necessary notability requirements, and sources should be more carefully examined to determine whether if they indeed do establish notability based on their credibility, the significance that the subject matter of the article is reflected upon (in this case, Acharya Balkrishna) and reliability as sources. Works of publications/primary sources by the Balk... that do not add to the article itself and uncited awards/information further lends itself to the notion that it is an autobiography. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CycoPenguin (talk • contribs) 01:32, 25 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Strong keep: A 94% stake holder of a ₹5000 crore company Patanjali Ayurved.. & in news not just for that.. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 18:14, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep: I've reverted the article to an earlier revision which is reasonable if not great. I've warned User:Kingsuknandi who was responsible for much of the NPOV issues with the article. Another editor who edits the page frequently is User:Aashishssharma004; his might be a promotion-only account as his edits are only concerned with Balkrishna, Patanjali, and Patanjali's Acharyakulam. I'm unsure if he should be reported/warned.--Cpt.a.haddock (talk) (please ping when replying) 08:17, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 18:14, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, J bh  Talk  15:14, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:31, 1 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. Both the person and the company are very notable. Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk)  06:36, 8 June 2016 (UTC)


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