Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Isidore Dantas


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The result was keep nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) signed,Rosguill talk 18:50, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Isidore Dantas

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The subject has mere-mentions in the Times of India, but otherwise does not appear to have any coverage in RS and does not meet WP:GNG. Searching on Google Scholar returns 2 citations of what appears to have been a blog post written by the subject, which doesn't meet WP:NAUTHOR. The article as written doesn't provide any credible claims that would establish the subject's notability, and if it weren't for the possibility that there are sources in Konkani or other languages that I can't reliably search for I would have nominated for CSD A7. signed,Rosguill talk 20:28, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 21:18, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 21:18, 16 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep: This page is just a stub, and if given some time, I could surely beef it up. As I have argued elsewhere, we are having problems in convincing the Wikipedia Admin about the notability of writers in non-English languages (specially smaller languages like Konkani), because much of their work and recognition is in non-English languages, is not searchable online, and is often not even digitised. This is a systemic problem, and needs to be addressed. I have raised it on other Wikipedia mailing lists too. If given some time, I could demonstrate this person's achievements. I have made this page out of the sincere belief that Isidore Dantas deserves to be noticed for his contribution to Konkani and writing in Goa. fredericknoronha (talk) 07:41, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Some more time for addition of proper citations and reworking of tone. I will work and try to make according to the wikipolicies. QueerEcofeminist (talk) 12:44, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep: The article is about a notable writer in a regional language, here in Goa. He has even written a dictionary, which can be found below: Modern English to Konkani Dictionary - Isidore Dantas.pdf SerTanmay (talk) 14:19, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
 * We have been adding more details to this page, to make sure it doesn't get deleted. Isidore is a really significant writer/translator/lexicographer in the Konkani language. Not only has he co-written an English-Konkani dictionary recently, but he has also shared it under the Creative Commons, and the link has been pointed to by @SerTanmay. He has contributed to the Konkani Wikipedia both by way of translations of dozens of articles and of hundreds of search-strings to set up this language wikipedia. Of course, I know all this is irrelevant to the issue at stake, as there is no quid-pro-quo for Wikipedia work. Nonetheless, am pointing it out just to show that a person's work in one small language can be wholly invisible on the global dining table of the English language. More importantly, I am concerned about what happened when globalised, one-size-fits-all Western-defined norms of "notability" are applied to small langauges which are not searchable in English, in scripts other than Roman, and often not even digitised for the most. fredericknoronha (talk) 07:32, 19 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep, withdrawing nomination. Thank you to everyone that was able to provide content and sources to improve the article. signed,Rosguill talk 18:45, 19 November 2018 (UTC)


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