Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geetanjali Nagpal


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The result was   delete. If there's an article to be written that doesn't have these issues, then that's fine. This one doesn't. Black Kite (t) (c) 00:13, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Geetanjali Nagpal

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This is an interesting case - I'm not sure if she's notable or not, but it raises some serious BLP issues so I want to bring it here. This is an Indian model who was found years after her alleged fame, living on the streets and addicted to drugs. I can't find any indication that she was really well known at all before this incident, or even particularly successful - there are zero news articles in google news prior that mention her name. It seems like the press only started caring about her later, because her story was dramatic, and then possibly attributed to her success that she never really had. So basically there's relatively little that can go in her biography beyond a few negative facts about her being addicted to drugs and homeless. There was a very successful movie Fashion made a few years back that very closely mirrors her story, and is pretty much (to an outside observer) obviously about her life, but the director has (for whatever reason) denied that this is true. So a redirect might not be appropriate. This article has been deleted once before as an unsourced attack page, and once as a copyvio (that's why I'm the only contributor in this history, and I'm nominating it for deletion - the copyvio was getting restored by an IP, so I just deleted it and left the prior stub.) Calliopejen1 (talk) 18:26, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Strong delete - per BLP, borderline A7 speedy. ukexpat (talk) 18:48, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: A7 does not apply here! She is very notable. &mdash;  Fιnεmαnn  (talk) 22:11, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge and Redirect to Fashion (film)  While her story and her notability is not enough to do an article on her, the director of this film can hardly give an interview in which this film is discussed without having to answer the "Geetanjali Nagpal" question. This is even sourced in the existing article. Hence, a merger of the few lines of info and redirect into the article on the film provides us with encyclopedic information on a controversy surrounding the film. This is not A7 at all. --Cerejota (talk) 19:48, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 21:48, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 21:48, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fashion-related deletion discussions.  —&mdash; alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 21:51, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - the person is very notable. But as the nom pointed out there is very little information about her which can be used to write a neutral BLP. Its better not to have a highly negative BLP focusing on her addiction issues. &mdash;  Fιnεmαnn  (talk) 22:11, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment You're unlikely to find pre-2000 news sources online for Indian newspapers, so coverage of her career will have to be scrounged from offline sources. I see one piece in The Independent that could be used for biographical coverage. Most other sources (all very reliable) are about "finding & rehabilitating her" or about the movie that's "not inspired by her": The Times of India --, , ; The Hindu-- , , , , ; Other RS: , , , , , . Given the inability to unearth any significant sources for biographical information prior to this incident, I'm hesitant to opine as a keep for this BLP. But if someone can find such sources (other than the "she was sleeping under the table during a shoot" type reminiscences) we might be able to build an article. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  06:14, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
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