Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K. Muthukumar


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The result was   keep.  MBisanz  talk 21:45, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

K. Muthukumar
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Non notable individual. The only mention of him in the media is related to his suicide. As it was for political reasons, he could be mentioned in a related article, such as Sri Lankan Civil War or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. However he does not require and article on his own, see WP:ONEVENT.  snowolf D4  (  talk  /  @   ) 16:43, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment Keep : This article is no longer about an individual. This is about an event and the rule to follow is WP:Notability. Taprobanus (talk) 22:33, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment: As per Taprobanus should't be deleted.-Iross1000 (talk) 00:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC).
 * WP:NOT. This incident got local news coverage when it happened, but that's it. It is already mentioned in the article Tamil Eelam. I don't think it requires a separate article. -- snowolf D4  (  talk  /  @   ) 17:47, 6 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep for now As press coverage shows, this incident has quite radically changed the nature of support in Tamil Nadu for Eelam separatism - as a direct result of Muthukumar's self-immolation, a new political front has been launched in Tamil Nadu, student protests've risen to the extent that colleges had to be shut for over a week. We've even seen the LTTE flag being openly flown at protests, something that's more or less been taboo since Rajiv Gandhi's assassination.
 * I'd support a merge and redirect, if it were to an article specifically dealing with Support for Sri Lankan Tamil separatism in Tamil Nadu (why don't we have an article about this as yet?), or even specifically with the protests of 2008 and 2009. Tamil Eelam, in my opinion, isn't the right article to merge this into. -- Arvind (talk) 22:47, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.   -- Abecedare (talk) 20:11, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


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