Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jat Mehar Singh Dahiya


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Jovanmilic97 (talk) 09:21, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Jat Mehar Singh Dahiya

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Fails WP:ANYBIO, WP:NAUTHOR and WP:GNG. A sole mention of an event commemorating him at Dainik Bhaskar and another trivial mention over an unreliable POV-ppushing op-ed at India Times. &#x222F; WBG converse 07:13, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:40, 26 November 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:58, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep I have added 3 more references. The fact that Haryana State awards a cultural prize in his honour, and a book like Haryana at Crossroads laments that the language has not produced any great poets since his time, indicates that he is both well known and honoured. There are probably more sources that are not in English, and not online, but the references included here show that he meets WP:AUTHOR, #1 "The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors.". RebeccaGreen (talk) 10:01, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep A Hindi Poet who has reasonable coverage in English Media based on the sources. hindustan Times, bhaskar-- D Big X ray ᗙ  09:12, 4 December 2018 (UTC)


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