Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gaurav Bhatia (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  18:29, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Gaurav Bhatia
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fails WP:NPOL as this politician never won any national or state level elections. There are many news hits as he is spokesman of a party, but being a spokesman is not notable post for an article. (see past AfD) D Big X ray ᗙ  15:49, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  D Big X ray ᗙ  15:49, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  D Big X ray ᗙ  15:49, 6 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep - Bhatia qualifies for notability without having electoral history. See for example, ("Gaurav Bhatia is being hailed as a rising star on the BJP's spokesperson circuit [...] His is one of the many voices in the cacophony that marks most television news debates these days, but Gaurav Bhatia, a lawyer who represents the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in supercharged studio arguments, stands out."),  ("Former Samajwadi Party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia joins BJP", i.e. his change of party identify was sufficient to attract a full article in one of the largest national newspapers),  ("Gaurav Bhatia is honorary secretary to SC Bar again", again a full bio article in national newspaper), etc. --Soman (talk) 23:36, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , it is expected that party spokespersons will get such type of coverage, it is not unusual, many times, the party pays for such coverage. On Wikipedia the bar for biographies of politicians is higher. Please familiarize yourself with WP:Notability (people)#Politicians. A parties spokesperson is not a notable post, neither is "honorary secretary to SC bar"  D Big X ray ᗙ  06:00, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * "Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the general notability guideline." The coverage presented above is clearly enough to quality for WP:GNG. --Soman (talk) 15:57, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , the links are covering his spokesperson role and the Hindustan T LINK is covering the routine news of him changing his party. These are not enough  D Big X ray ᗙ  20:52, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Look, Bhatia clearly passes WP:GNG before having shifted party. The fact that a private person changing party identity becomes national news is indication of notability. --Soman (talk) 23:36, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
 * , no. It is WP:ROUTINE. and it is quite common for them to jump ships  D Big X ray ᗙ  16:49, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Again, you are misusing the reference to WP:ROUTINE. WP:ROUTINE refers to the notability of events, not individuals. --Soman (talk) 19:26, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, the "announcement " of a politician jumping from one party to another is a ROUTINE event and a fairly common one in India. if you dislike WP:ROUTINE being used here, may be consider not using news links of articles covering WP:ROUTINE events for notability.  D Big X ray ᗙ  20:52, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL.S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 13:46, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Party spokespersons are not notable. Lefcentreright  Talk  (plz ping) 18:25, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Subject fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG.- Akhiljaxxn (talk) 05:59, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG. Best, GPL93 (talk) 03:29, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:GNG. Tayi Arajakate (talk) 07:33, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Just having published news articles doesn't make the person notable. Fails WP:GNG Angus1986 (talk) 10:39, 13 February 2020 (UTC)


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