Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death of Merit (2nd nomination)


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The result was no consensus. In light of the recent prior nomination and relistings I'm going to go ahead and close this. The prior close invited renomination, so it was reasonable to try again. At this point though, I'd recommend WP:RENOM, though just an essay, to anyone considering another go in the near future. Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  21:00, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Death of Merit
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Fails WP:NFILM.

Round Table, BR Ambedkar Caravan are not remotely reliable sources.

Some random pieces about death of Dalit students have been cited in the article but I don't see about how they boost the notability of the subject, which is a documentary series.

So, I conducted a WP:BEFORE. Accordingly:--

I spot a few trivial one-liner name drops over sources like this and this. Does not lend to significant coverage; required for passing GNG.

There's another one-liner over this news-piece which is more significant than the two above but that's a blatant opinion piece (see this RSN thread as to the source not distinguishing between op-eds and objective reporting) and hence, is of much reduced value.

Scroll has covered the series over one of their articles but they have been unanimously documented to be not a RS for these areas.

That leaves us with it's plot-coverage by the local city-section of The Hindu; which is hardly enough to make it pass GNG/NFILM. &#x222F; WBG converse 18:25, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
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The documentary receives mentions in the contest of Dalit suicides and casteism in campus not gone into the regional language press just went through it briefly
 * Procedural Keep It has just now been   open for over 1 month for February 13 to March 14 with it being relisted 3 times.It has been again been opened on March 14 itself that is just over 2 hours after the closure by ..Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 20:29, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
 * BEYOND POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT: CASTE DYNAMICS AND ACCESS TO MATHEMATICS EDUCATION IN INDIA Jayasree Subramanian Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, India
 * If there’s no caste bias, why are Dalit students killing themselves? Hindustan Times
 * If IITs had more Dalit professors, would Aniket Ambhore be alive? Business Standard
 * The mythology of the Dalit student suicide Firstpost
 * Casteism in Education SystemDr. Shashi Nautiyal Dept. of History, J.V. Jain College, Saharanpur, UP, India Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 21:21, 14 March 2019 (UTC)


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