Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Katari Srinivasa Rao


 * 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. Contesting elections does not establish notability. Winning might, no prejudice against recreation if he managed to win a seat at some point. The Bushranger One ping only 08:28, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Katari Srinivasa Rao

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WP:BLP with no reliable sources for content except to say he was contesting the election or he's a spokesperson. Search revealed nothing either, the two books on gbooks are en.wiki mirrors, couldn't find anything of value on The Hindu (one saying contested election another that he's a spokesperson) or Times of India either. Generic news search shows nothing. There are quite a bit of blogs and youtube hits. On the whole doesn't pass WP:GNG, WP:BIO, WP:POLITICIAN or WP:PROF. Delete. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  06:40, 28 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Articles in The Hindu quoting Katari Srinivasa Rao: http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=katari+srinivasa+rao+site:www.hindu.com&pbx=1&oq=katari+srinivasa+rao+site:www.hindu.com&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=588l4878l1l5133l19l18l0l0l0l0l190l2015l9.9l18l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=8b063d7b6db75dde&biw=1639&bih=771


 * Also, he is the General Secretary of the Lok Satta Party. So, consider this before a decision is made whether to delete the article or not.Townblight (talk) 06:50, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * That search is inflated as it includes all Srinivasa Raos, but the point is that every one of the relevant results are for him as spokesperson and mentions in the local editions of The Hindu. And also, it's not a nationally or statewide recognised party -- Election Commission recognition. It's a registered unrecognised party. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  07:13, 28 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Added to WikiProject Deletion sorting/Politicians, WikiProject Deletion sorting/Academics and educators, WikiProject Deletion sorting/India. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  06:51, 28 September 2011 (UTC)


 * This search has only one "Katari Srinivasa Rao" as quoted in The Hindu articles: http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=%22katari+srinivasa+rao%22+site:www.hindu.com&pbx=1&oq=%22katari+srinivasa+rao%22+site:www.hindu.com&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=17790l19182l0l19960l2l2l0l0l0l0l176l248l1.1l2l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=8b063d7b6db75dde&biw=1639&bih=771


 * Now are you satisfied that there is only one "Katari Srinivasa Rao" quoted in all these news articles?


 * Also, when have we started differentiating news in Wikipedia based on whether the news is published in Delhi/Mumbai editions versus Hyderabad/Chennai/other cities' editions?


 * Also, if you think Lok Satta Party as an unrecognized political party (a technical aspect based on rules of Election Commission of India) does not qualify for notability, why don't you also propose deletion of the page for Lok Satta Party? Does your logic hold good there too?
 * Townblight (talk) 11:46, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Have I said that the party is not notable? Please do not put words in my mouth. I've said that he's the general secretary of a local, non-recognized party and the quotes "from" him have been in the context of local election coverage. There's nothing at all beyond that -- no coverage of him. However, on your other point, there are other pages within this walled garden that have to be deleted too, it's just that no one has got to them yet. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  11:55, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It is not local party. It has branches and contested in four states. If you get 6% votes, then election commission calls it as recognized party or party that will given permanent election symbol. mlpkr (talk)


 * Delete per nom. Most of the results of a google search shows up the party's website. The two The Hindu news articles cited in the article hardly talk anything about this person. Clearly fails WP:BIO and WP:GNG. &mdash;  Abhishek  Talk  13:52, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I know he is notable person in Andhra Pradesh, India. He contested in elections several times and appear in several local language news papers. Hindu is national news paper and you are arguing about only two articles that did not give details. Let us ask you the question other way, what kind of evidence makes the article to keep in wikipedia and qualifies to keep in wikipedia. Who is able to judge that whether the people from his country or some others? You can see several english papers mentioning his name as well []

mlpkr (talk) 04:07, 4 October 2011 (UTC) 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:23, 5 October 2011 (UTC)




 * Delete fails WP:GNG. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:42, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
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