Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chandrasekhara's Technique on Microbiology Techniques


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The result was Speedy delete. Blatant hoax, text lifted from Löffler's medium Fences  &amp;  Windows  01:38, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Chandrasekhara's Technique on Microbiology Techniques

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A somewhat elaborate hoax that tries to integrate itself to other existing articles. Several issues with the video have been pointed out at the help desk by Maproom. Several details do not match up as the sources sound fishy, the real Rachapalem Chandrasekhara Reddy is a linguist or something instead of a biologist, and it is claimed that the language spoken on the video is Manipuri while Reddy speaks Telugu language. There is probably something else too. The page creator (Rijavano99) should explain himself here. This page might be considered an attack page as Rachapalem Chandrasekhara Reddy evidently exists as a person. WP:ATTACK, WP:NOHOAXES Ceosad (talk) 11:10, 10 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Inviting ubiquity to join this discussion, as he has also had some doubts about the sources at User_talk:Rijavano99. Ceosad (talk) 11:20, 10 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete. None of the sources is easily available. Various errors show that the creator of the article does not understand the supposed subject. The video does not show a scientist discussing a technique. Chandrasekhara is not a microbiologist. I don't know what's going on here, but this article is not what it purports to be. Maproom (talk) 14:55, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: Here's what I know:
 * The third reference exists, but from 1979, so could not possibly attest to the notability of the technique.
 * The second reference exists, from 2000, so it could have just barely had time to mention the technique, but it's searchable on google books and a search on "Chandrasekhara" turned up empty, so probably it does not attest to the technique's notability.
 * The first reference (the AstraZeneca workshop proceedings) exists, but not online. There is an employee at AstraZeneca named Chandrasekhara Reddy. He is probably too young to have created the technique in 1999. He does not resemble the man in the video or the linked professor Rachapalem Chandrasekhara Reddy. If this isn't the same man who allegedly developed the technique, it is a big coincidence. This may indicate a hoax. Or it may indicate that "Chandrasekhara Reddy" is a common name, and we can't trust the link to Rachapalem Chandrasekhara Reddy.
 * The linked professor is a professor of literature, and has his own web page. I find it extremely difficult to believe he is also an expert in microbiology. The editor claims that "the professor is also a scientist, and writes scientific literature too," but I could find no evidence of this. If true, it would be rather astounding, and I would expect evidence to be plentiful.
 * The presence of the same-named person at AZ makes it seem like this could be a hoax, but I'm not sure it is. However, assuming good faith, I believe that the editor has made an incorrect linkage, which leaves us with an article about a technique developed by an otherwise non-notable person. I do not believe the references, as analyzed above, support the notability of this technique, so I think we should delete it purely on the basis of not meeting the general notability guidelines. If the editor wants the article to survive, he needs to provide more and better coverage of the technique, and also coverage of the amazing man who is both an award-winning literature professor and a well-known microbiologist. ubiquity (talk) 15:00, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * So the sources actually do exist? Interesting. Maybe there is a chance that it is just failing GNG. could you provide more information about the content of the sources, so that we can properly assess notability of your article? Ceosad (talk) 16:01, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: the Astrazeneca employee Chandrasekhara Reddy's activities, as listed at that page, are unrelated to the culture medium which the article purports to describe. Maproom (talk) 16:41, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:58, 10 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep - This guy is real, and the video of him discussing his technique is testament to this. He is a microbiologist genius. --Rijavano99 (talk) 19:15, 10 December 2015 (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.