Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malini Subramaniam


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The result was keep. –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 02:06, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Malini Subramaniam

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Non-notable journalist. Winged Blades Godric 13:18, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Meets Wikipedia's notability for biography. According to Wikipedia's notability for any biography, "The person has received a well-known and significant award or honor, or has been nominated for such an award several times."  This journalist has received a well-known award for journalism. She won an International Press Freedom Award which honors "journalists or their publications around the world who show courage in defending press freedom despite facing attacks, threats, or imprisonment".  Brave journalists are notable and the world needs more of them. She is involved in dangerous work. According to the article, "She specializes on reporting atrocities in the Maoist-infested Bastar Area in Chhattisgarh state".  Maoists have caused a lot of deaths in history as per Wikipedia's article Mass killings under Communist regimes. Knox490 (talk) 00:46, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
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Clearly notable in India, articles about her in The Hindustan Times, Indian Express, The Times of India and many more beside the sources already in the article. Cited in international media too: NYT, Le Courrier. 84.73.134.206 (talk) 12:48, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment--It's a case of WP:BLP1E.She seems to be only notable for winning a particular award and could be well served by a redirect to the awards page. Winged Blades Godric 17:52, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * She won the award because of her work, which is independently referred to in numerous articles (e.g., , ,), which you should have been looking for and adding to the article before bringing it to AfD. 84.73.134.206 (talk) 18:41, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  J 947 (c)  00:24, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep: per WP:JOURNALIST; subject meets criteria 1 - 'The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors'. Besides the award, another major event that has received significant coverage in the media about the subject - is being threatened for her works, harassed - so much so that she had to leave her hometown, as covered in - 1. Huffington post 2. The Wire 3. Time of India 4. News18 and so on...many of which are major independent daily newspapers, news channels in India which sufficiently passes notability for more than single event i.e. award winning) per WP:BLP1E Also, there are sources that talk about the subject too (about their notability, claiming significance); example - 1. Indian Express 2. India Today etc. TopCipher (talk) 08:00, 17 April 2017 (UTC)


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