Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bhau Panchbhai


 * 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. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:41, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Bhau Panchbhai

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Non notable poet. DimaG (talk) 17:28, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  -- &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  17:56, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
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collection award for his first collection हुंकार वादळांचे. He may be non notable poet for the English-speaking world, he is certainly notable for Marathi language. Also, he is one of the key figures of Dalit Panther, the social and political organization of Dalits in India. I would like the editors to find sources about him in Marathi before decision to delete this article. Sources might be few because less spread of internet in Marathi, but you will note that he was a president of a few All India Marathi Poetry Meets. I strongly oppose the deletion. Ganesh Dhamodkar (Talk) 02:47, 17 February 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Wine Guy  ~Talk  09:30, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Bhau Panchbhai is author of two published poetry collections and an essay collection Marathi. He had received Government of Maharashtra's poetry
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

Comment: While English sources are preferred for English wikipedia, there is no policy that I am aware of making them required to estabilsh notability. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Non-English_sources --Joe Decker (talk) 00:38, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep This case leans itself to obvious  WP:BIAS problems, there are some apparently RS-like hits for भाऊ पंचभाई (assuming this is his name?)    and in Gbooks  - I just cant evaluate them.  The article IS sourced, we have a case of unclear notability, for which deletion is the last resort.  Under such circumstances, I lean towards keep. Power.corrupts (talk) 11:28, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
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