Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death of Merit (3rd 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 keep. Sourcing has been identified and the n/cs were three years ago so not particularly relevant to this discussion, Star   Mississippi  01:25, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Death of Merit
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Films appears to fail WP:NFILM with not enough reviews to pass the guidelines, with none found in a BEFORE. Donald D23  talk to me  00:01, 1 May 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  02:37, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film and India.  Donald D23   talk to me  00:01, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  08:51, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete already. This article has had two other chances, and both were closed as "no consensus" due to a complete lack of participation. It's clear that there is no interest in improvement, nor any resources to improve it with, so just put it out of its misery already and stop dragging this out any longer. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 17:30, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep passes WP:GNG without going to the regional coverage in Hindi and other Indian regional languages .Covered in The Hindu ,Scroll.in,Hindustan Times,Business Standard, ThePrint ,The Wire (India) ,The Globe and Mail amongst others.The Wire (India), calls it The Death of Merit, remains one of the most crucial documentations of forms of discrimination faced by Bahujan students in university spaces. The documentary is about real life suicides and is discussed in this context.
 * This tragic documentary series tells the stories of Dalit students who were driven to suicide Scroll.in
 * Suicide by Dalit students in 4 years The Hindu
 * 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
 * If IITs had more Dalit professors, would Aniket Ambhore be alive? Zee News
 * Rohith Vemula's Suicide Triggered a New Political Wave The Wire (India)
 * Further reading on Dalits and India's caste system The Globe and Mail
 * The Death of Merit Countercurrents.org
 * 2,400 students dropped out of IITs in 2 years, nearly half were SC, ST, OBC ThePrint


 * Keep the sources found above by are enough for WP:GNG as they discuss the documentary and its subject in depth. Hemantha (talk) 07:12, 18 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep Definitely notable. There is plenty of discussion around the work in reliable sources in an independent way. Nomadicghumakkad (talk) 17:03, 20 May 2022 (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.