Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keshav Tyohar


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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 23:25, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Keshav Tyohar

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I will preface this AFD by saying that I believe the article was created and maintained by an undisclosed paid editing ring comprising Label4me and Ekucha belrima, who were likely the same person, and Ziofy, who may or may not have been the same person. Ziofy appeared a day after Ekucha was blocked to move the article back from Draft to Live space.

The subject is a 17-year-old Indian singer who was the first runner up on one of the seasons on a televised singing competition, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs. So far, I'm not convinced they would be notable per the WP:GNG.

There are currently 13 references in the article, most of them mashed together in one strand, as we see so often in UPE articles. Of these references:

These references support that the subject was either going to be on the TV show, or that he was a runner-up.India.com, Bhaskar.com, Jagran.com, Rediff, Financial Express is focussed on the winner, with a mention of Tyohar.

Of the rest:
 * This India Today source is essentially an interview.
 * This India Today source appears to be a short promo piece where the subject and another person talks briefly about the environment.
 * Prokabaddi.com, an outlet for news about the sport kabbadi tells us that the subject sang the Indian national anthem before a game.
 * Bhaskar.com seems to be talking about a local celebration being held in Patna to observe the subject's accomplishments on the show. And I guess also to praise his mother for raising him? It's hard to get nuance, because I'm looking at the Google translate version instead of the Hindi original, but it doesn't look like an in depth article about the subject, and there is no byline. This seems less about the subject than about the small-town-boy-makes-big. I also could be totally misinterpreting this, because I found another translated article that suggests the subject's last name means festival.
 * This Telegraph India article seems to be a bit more focussed on Tyohar, but it includes interview quotes that tell us more about the subject than whoemver wrote the article. Meaning, it feels like an interview that was narrated a bit. I don't know if this counts as independent coverage, so other eyes are welcome. It doesn't make me excited that the article is written by "Our Correspondent". That feels press-release-y to me.
 * Jagran.com seems to be puffing up Tyohar. No byline. Has the shape of a press release. This potentially could be construed in-depth if it's not a press release.
 * Bhaskar.com seems interested in one of the subject's upcoming songs. I don't know if this qualifies as in depth about the subject, as his song is the focus.
 * This Jagran piece is basically just a photo with embellished caption.

IMO, WP:TOOSOON, even if the article hadn't been polluted by UPEs. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 23:15, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:34, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:34, 26 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete for above reasons. These sources don't establish notability. Balle010 (talk) 01:28, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:PROMO mess fails WP:GNG. KidAd   talk  04:01, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete None of them seem to be simultaneously independent, reliable and significant. Bhaskar may qualify as one, but would still fail WP:THREE. --Ab207 (talk) 18:21, 27 August 2020 (UTC)


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