Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K. N. Rao (2nd nomination)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Consensus appears to be that GNG is not met as the only independent source mentioned is considered to be a spam piece. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:48, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

K. N. Rao
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Fails WP:GNG as well as WP:ANYBIO. &#x222F; WBG converse 18:39, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: not comfortable deleting this as an expired prod without any discussion, since it has survived AfD once before. Additional input required.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ST47 (talk) 03:41, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Some of the references are not independent,. This one appears to be independent and from a reliable source. I don't think his audit work makes him notable, but his work as an astrologer and author and related litigation makes him notable. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 07:44, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
 * That's not a RS. Blatant spam-piece, esp. in light of these notes. &#x222F; WBG converse 08:07, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. Other people with the same or similar names who might be notable include K. N. Rao (author and literary translator), born circa 1924, according to this article, academics shown at DBLP and Google Scholar. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 07:57, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah, except we are not talking about them. &#x222F; WBG converse 08:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete: I see no reason why the website India Legal should be seen as reliable, as claims above. According to the article, Rao also had an interview with The Times of India, which I can't seem to find. None of the other sources I can find are reliable, especially the astrology websites that spread pseudoscientific nonsense.  TheTechnician27   (Talk page)  22:18, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   09:02, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete: Fails GNG. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 09:39, 15 June 2019 (UTC)


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