Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K. V. Gautam


 * 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. There is a consensus that the sources in the article do not meet Wikipedia's guidelines for identifying reliable sources, and that the subject does not pass WP:BIO. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 08:15, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

K. V. Gautam

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Author of questionable notability. Provided references are either press release based or blogs. Google news search on K. V. Gautam shows only one result, based on a press release. Standard search shows a lot of social media and primary sources - little significant coverage found from independent reliable sources. MikeWazowski (talk) 14:19, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:28, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete - There do not seem to be the sources to establish notability. The ones provided in the article are not.  They are either from blogs, press releases about events, or just books that he contributed drawings to, but which do not discuss the actual individual at all.  The only source that looks at first glance to have potential is the first one, an inteview at a news site.  However, upon looking at the site, it seems to be based entirely around the idea of reporting by "citizen journalists", ie it is a user edited news source that anyone can contribute to.  Searching for additional sources is also turning up nothing.  All I am really finding are listings of books that he has drawing included in, but again, do not actually discuss him at all.  Rorshacma (talk) 18:43, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Do Not Delete - New sources have been added to boost credibility of this page. There are news websites Santabanta.com, Newsnama.com, Techgoss.com and Merinews.com that have discussed the subject of the page K. V. Gautam. The subject has been invited in several TV programs (link to video of one TV program has been added in the external links section) to express his views in India. He is a well-known person in his capacity in India. Swati Bhatnagar (talk) 19:43, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete, can't find WP:RS on web or Gnews searching for his name in Hindi or English. Not yet notable per WP:BIO or WP:AUTHOR. Maybe in a few years. Lone boatman (talk) 20:33, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Do Not Delete - The subject of the article has been covered in various third party portals like Newsnama.com, Techgoss.com and Merinews.com. Saurabh Tyagi (talk) 19:43, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: this edit was made by an IP address and the signature forged. I smell sock / meat puppetry here.  Matthew Thompson  talk to me bro! 06:50, 22 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment The editors who requested "do not delete" have made no other major edits/contributions other than those related to this article.-Rayabhari (talk) 06:16, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Do Not Delete - The subject has enough third party link sources - santabanta.com, newsnama.com and merinews.com. Rajabasu (talk) 08:43, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.