Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meghna Rajshekhar


 * 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   deleted snowball, no likelihood of a consensus to keep, moreover this is a CSD A7 speedy. Gwen Gale (talk) 16:02, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Meghna Rajshekhar

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While it is amazing that this girl was fortunate enough to survive the Indian Ocean tsunami in the manner she did, I do not feel that this makes her notable enough for her own article on Wikipedia (although at the time, a Wikinews article might have been appropriate).

My first thought was that the article should be merged into a bigger article about survivors of the tsunami, but it does not appear that one exists (nor do I personally think one should), so I think deletion is the most apropriate course of action.

Note that the article contains no inbound links apart from one page in userspace that appears to simply be a list of articles edited by that user. Also note that although the article is in need of a rewrite (it looks to be written by someone whose first language is not English), this is not part of the reason for this nomination. Thryduulf (talk) 10:49, 29 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete BLP1e. Hipocrite (talk) 16:48, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  —  Salih  ( talk ) 17:19, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete' Admirable as the girl's survival is; unfortunately it is of no encyclopedic value. There are bound to be 100s (or 1000s???) of such survivor stories in the Tsunami of 2005. The story has to be really, really, really exceptional and should have had wide coverage to deserve an article. --Deepak D'Souza 05:25, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per BLP1E. لenna  vecia  18:47, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep If there are 100s (or 1000) tsunami survivors, please give me references how many and which Indian ocean tsunami survivor were covered by world media. If somebody is from India, he/she might recall that almost all TV channels had given wide coverage, live interviews of this girl. Why don't you give google search to check whether reputed media has covered this story or not?
 * India is country of one billion people. How many survival stories from India you find on internet or wikipedia?
 * If the person who nominated this AFD is going by edit summary, 'creating article on Indian' then let me tell you that I was supposed to type 'creating article on Indian Ocean Tsunami survivor'. But somehow 'enter' key was accidentally hit. I seldom use computer. I post to wikipedia through mobile. If the article needs to write to meet wikipedia standards, I will improve this article.
 * But if you want to delete this article, go ahead and delete it AbhiJeet (talk) 21:06, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * As the person who nominated this article, I'll clarify that edit summaries are completely irrelevant to the this nomination. I noted at the start that the style of writing was not a reason for the nomination - indeed if this article is kept I will do some copyediting and other basic improvement on it. Equally the availability of reliable sources for Meghna's survival is not the issue. The issue is that she is notable only for this one event - there has not been follow-up about her, as far as I can tell, in the years since the tsunami. In this respect she is no different to any one of millions of survivors from hundreds of thousands of disasters (tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, bombings, air crashes, mud slides, floods, ferry sinkings, etc, etc) worldwide over the last hundred years. Thryduulf (talk) 21:26, 30 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Fisrt you nominated this aticle for deletion claiming that this girl 'Meghna Rajshekhar' do not deserve notability criteria. Now you are saying that 'reliable sources' is not the issue. On Wikipedia, we decide notability criteria from third party reliable sources.
 * Follow-up? What follow-up you want of this survivor Alcides Moreno? And what follow-up media is taking of this survivor? This 13 year old girl was out there in sea clinging to door without food, water for two days, rescue helicopters didn't spot her 11 times, she was swarmed by snakes on the beach, entire print and electronic media in India covered her story and you are saying that she is "no different" from millions of survivors? Applying your logic, please explain how this Alcides Moreno deserve article. Because quoting you, "In this respect she is no different to any one of millions of survivors from hundreds of thousands of disasters (tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, bombings, air crashes, mud slides, floods, ferry sinkings, etc, etc) worldwide over the last hundred years.": Do you want me to dig Wikipedia and show articles on porn females created only because their names were mentioned few times on websites claiming those websites as reliable news paper sources?
 * Why exactly you nominated this article for deletion? [1] Is it because of notability criteria? [2] Is it because article is not written in standard way? [3] Do you have some problems with Indians?
 * Make up your mind. And if you are Administrator, go ahead and delete it. If admin want me to improve article, tell me. But don't waste my time.--AbhiJeet (talk) 08:32, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The reason I nominated this article is solely because of your point 1, notability criteria. As I have said before, points 2 and 3 have nothing to do with the deletion nomination.
 * Regarding Alcides Moreno, I was not aware of that article before now but it was itself nominated for deletion - see Articles for deletion/Alcides Moreno - which ended in no consensus. I would have voted delete on that article, as like this one, I don't think that simply surviving an accident or disaster does not make someone notable enough for a wikipedia article. I don't have time now, but I will be nominating Alides Moreno for deletion again later.
 * As for porn actors and actresses, there are specific notability guidelines for them, see WP:PORNBIO. If there are any you feel do not meet the criteria, then please nominate them for deletion. The existence of one article that does not meet notability criteria, does not mean that others that do not meet the criteria should exist. Thryduulf (talk) 09:59, 31 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:BLP1E. While Meghna has been mentioned in some contemporaneous news stories, they were focused on the tale of her survival rather than her biography. There has been no follow up coverage as far as I can see. Abecedare (talk) 05:57, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Somehow criminals like Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, Philip Abramo and these criminals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_convicted_of_murder_by_the_United_States_federal_government have notability criteria. Clearly, I am seeing either your dislike towards Indians or you have not taken tour of wikipedia. I am reporting this on admin board.--AbhiJeet (talk) 12:27, 1 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per BLP1E. And note to User:AbhiJeet, you are not helping your position by countering every single Delete !vote here, nor by making accusations of "racism" here or at WP:ANI ukexpat (talk) 15:32, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
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