Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bhagawati Prakash Sharma (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 delete. The discussion refutes the claims from the earlier AfD regarding the VC status providing notability through one of the SNG points. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  07:02, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Bhagawati Prakash Sharma
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Lots of puffery here, but ultimately insufficient claim to notability. No coverage in secondary sources, and so does not meet WP:GNG. Claims in the article about lots of publications, but cannot be seen on google scholar (suggesting they are from dodgy journals and publishers); research gate link shows much output but no impact (hasn't been cited a single time, thus fails WP:PROF). Much was made in the previous AfD about him being the "vice-chancellor of Pacific University", but there is little evidence that said private university, despite its grandiose name, counts as a "major academic institution". Private universities in south Asia are very common; furthermore, it is really a stretch to apply WP:PROF to an academic whose own research gate profile documents 0 citations of his work. Also substantial evidence of promotional intent in the history. Delete. Vanamonde (talk) 15:40, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:38, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:38, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:09, 15 September 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. Reads as a CV, from which it was probably drawn.  GetSomeUtah (talk) 22:39, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 06:46, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete The vice-chancellor of a university is generally notable. Generally. Because generally to become a VC, a person has to go through a lot of hoola-huppas. It is generally assumed that if a person is VC, he has done a lot of substantial, notable work. Thats why enwiki policy says VCs are generally notable. But in this case, the subject fails WP:PROF. On a side note, the history of the article is not at clean. Lots of puffery, single purpose COI accounts. — usernamekiran (talk)  10:01, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep is a vice-chancellor of a university.the question is whether this is a major academic institution, but I think he scrapes through.122.171.75.98 (talk) 01:56, 27 September 2017 (UTC)


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