Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Girish Chandra Bose


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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator. (non-admin closure) Andrew Base (talk) 10:37, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Girish Chandra Bose

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I cannot find links to this article and clearly fails WP:GNG. Abishe (talk) 03:24, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Abishe (talk) 03:24, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Okay, there are pretty lot of books that mention his name in connection with botany and as principal of the Bangabasi College. Plus, there is a college and road in Kolkata that are named after him. Also, Wikisource mentions a book written by him. Sohom Datta (talk) 05:57, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment Banglapedia has an article about him, and while I don't think this is a reliable source (in particular, I've already noticed a few errors), much of the material can probably be backed up elsewhere. If Banglapedia is to be believed, he wrote several books, though only one in English. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 17:18, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * There's also a book prepared by Bangabasi College on the occasion of its centennial with a chapter "Our Founder" on Bose. The language is very flowery, however, and its difficult to pull facts out of it. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 18:21, 13 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment – A book from 1987 has the subject's biography, and its details match with the source provided by . I have only a snippet view of the book, and to avoid WP:COPYQUOTE, I have removed the details regarding his birth, education, marriage, etc. from the following quote:




 * There is also an article in a journal regarding him, although I haven't read it.


 * Note that I have done just a cursory search about the subject, and will most probably not spend more time on this topic. - NitinMlk (talk) 18:59, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The remaining content of the journal is available here. - NitinMlk (talk) 20:21, 14 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep. We've got an extensive obituary in the Calcutta Review (with the link in the article, you need to scroll quite a ways to the November issue), a profile in the centennial book of Bangabasi, a lengthy-looking profile in the Calcutta's Streets book, and an article discussing some of his work in detail.  Looks like plenty to me.  I'll try to slowly add some of these sources to the article. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 21:01, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Unlike the Nom, I think this clearly meets WP:GNG/WP:NACADEMIC and, because of recent improvements, should now be a blindingly obvious keep. Here we have a person living between c1850-1939 in the Indian subcontinent (two areas where online sources are never easy to find) who is the author of one, maybe two, major educational textbooks, has a school named after him (and even a road). We see a 2014 academic paper in the Indian Journal of History of Science discussing the influence of his visionary agricultural beliefs, and his attempts to communicate to the educational literate and the illiterate(ref), and page 263 of the Calcutta Municipal Gazette stating The educational world of Bengal has suffered an irreparable loss in the death of Mr. Girish Chandra Bose, the veteran educationist and founder of the Bangabashi College, who passed away...". With a two page entry in the 1972 Indian Dictionary of National Biography, and two academic journal articles discussing his influence (sources added to the article, except for the Municipal Gazette obit as I can't access more than a snippet view) these all evidence a strong keep in my view. Nick Moyes (talk) 14:15, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep; meets GNG and that is very hard for an article of this nature. I'm willing to AGF on the Calcutta Review obituary as I can't find the obit myself. I can't seem to view the other sources either (at least on mobile) but I'm confident they contain significant coverage. The college source may not qualify as independent but there is enough already to constitute notability.  J 947 &thinsp;(c) , at 22:18, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I've fixed the reference url so that the Obituary pages appear immediately the link is clicked. It's also worth me pointing out his Fellowship of the Chemical Society in England. Nick Moyes (talk) 01:02, 18 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks, that's definitely enough. Also just found this to add to his notability.  J 947 &thinsp;(c) , at 01:14, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Withdraw I am withdrawing my nomination since the article is well developed and well sourced. I nominated here based on this revision. I actually thought to close this Afd by myself but I have to leave it to admins because the Afd discussion should be closed after 7 days. Abishe (talk) 05:52, 18 December 2019 (UTC)


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