Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kaizad Hansotia


 * 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 soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 03:21, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

Kaizad Hansotia

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An entrepreneur page. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NBUSINESSPERSON.

Sources: Industry related - most probably promoted, no editorial team

Critical review, probably eligible source.

Copied from this source: The source is dubious and the article has covert advertisiment

Very short and promotional, published in a local tabloid. Starts with dubious: "Mumbai-born and US-based, globally renowned cigar magnate, Kaizad Hansotia, has recently been in town to launch a duty-free outlet of his premium cigar brand – Gurkha Cigars." The brand is unknown as well. No journalist name - clear PR.

Mirror article from this source: Which doesn't have any information and is, anyways, an industry-related source, which is also extremely promotional.

Clearly promotional article from the promotional website.

Note: I've left a COI notice on the author's Talk page. And it is beyond my imagination, how such an experienced editor as User:Curb Safe Charmer could approve the page and allowed it to the main space on Wikipedia. Suitskvarts (talk) 11:51, 9 November 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 10:06, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople and Maharashtra.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:04, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment Hello Suitskvarts and welcome to Wikipedia.
 * Initially I was expecting to decline the draft, but a Google search revealed a chapter in Hansotia's career that the author had interestingly left out of the biography. Those new sources tipped the balance in favour of their being reliable, independent, in depth coverage of him. It became less important that the original sources remaining in the article were interviews or likely promo pieces. If - and you may well be right but there's no evidence - the author has a COI then it may have backfired that the article now includes the reason that they are no longer CEO of the company.
 * Thanks for providing your analysis of the sources, which helps other AfD participants understand your reasoning. In the first source - tobaccobusiness.com, the coverage is negative about Hansotia, so while it is possible that it is a PR piece from Gurkha Cigars to distance themselves from him, it won't have been paid for by Hansotia. The coverage is balanced and well informed, so I don't have a problem using this as a source for this article. Coverage in a national newspaper would for example be better coverage than an industry-specific magazine, but I think it is good enough in this case.
 * In the Halfwheel piece, the writer Charlie Minato uses the same phrase "this comes after a tumulteous week" but other than that I am happy that it is intellectually independent of the first source.
 * Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 11:01, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete. While this is technically sourced, this person has not done anything that could be remotely considered notable, based on significant coverage in reliable and independent sources. Even if there's a "chapter" left out, that would violate WP:BLP1E. The only conclusion I can make that this is a PR piece. Bearian (talk) 19:36, 22 November 2022 (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.