Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Madhu Purnima Kishwar


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure)  TheSpecialUser TSU 00:54, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Madhu Purnima Kishwar

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Fails WP:GNG, WP:ACADEMIC, WP:AUTHOR, WP:NME. Does not have any citations or reliable sources. Further the article has been written like an advertisement/personal promotion. -- Bharathiya (talk) 14:43, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment A review of her "Zealous Reformers, Deadly Laws: Battling Stereotypes" starts by saying "Madhu Purnima Kishwar or Madhu Kishwar, as she is popularly known defies convention in many ways and is always up in arms against system or law which tries to suppress the voice of women or suppressed class" (from Hindustan Times/Asian News International (via Highbeam). Another review of the same book describes her as "a pioneer and advocate in contemporary India" (of womens' rights) (from Reference & Research Book News via Highbeam). These are at least starting to indicate sufficient notability. AllyD (talk) 15:11, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - But this is not enough to be in Wikipedia. - Bharathiya (talk) 15:14, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Not yet, but the more I look, the more I'm seeing, for example this, discussing her book which was published by Oxford University Press in 2006 (ISBN 0195683528). AllyD (talk) 15:23, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * And another book, visible via Google Books through the link above. And here's Sir Mark Tully describing her as "one of India's leading feminists": And Amartya Sen mentioning her "pioneering feminist journal":  AllyD (talk) 15:38, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * And Jason Burke in The Guardian, quoting her as "a respected academic and founder editor of Manushi". AllyD (talk) 15:47, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * From what I can see on Google News, the subject has been in the news a lot recently:, , , , etc. AllyD (talk) 16:34, 8 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep There is a lot that remains unsourced in this article (Manushi Sangathan, Forthcoming Books, Documentary Films and Media Work) and needs to either be referenced or deleted. However enough 3rd party discussion of Kishwar and her work in Indian society can be found (some of it now added as article references) to establish her notability. AllyD (talk) 18:10, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep must keep as the subject is acadmetian too Shrikanthv (talk)
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 * Keep - Clearly notable based on mainstream press references to her. Improving the article is a separate issue. --Lquilter (talk) 17:23, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep needs references, but books by OUP, running a journal praised by Sen, and the positions, honors, and publications definitely put it over the WP:PROF bar. -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 04:53, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
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