Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Pillay


 * 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. Courcelles 23:41, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Michael Pillay

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No reliable third-party sources or valid claim to notability. Book fails WP:NBOOK. Prod removed. ninety:one  22:50, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - WP:BOOK does not apply; while there is reference to his book, the article is principally about matters pre-Internet with military service and not principally about a creative professional as in WP:AUTHOR. Whiteguru (talk) 07:19, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The rationale for deletion is "No reliable third-party sources or valid claim to notability". I said "Book fails WP:NBOOK", not that this article fails NBOOK - I only mentioned it to deal with any suggestions that his book may somehow give him notability, that was all! In terms of his notability, he only appears to have served as one of many in a particular unit of the ANC, and no valid claim to notability is made in respect of that service. Furthermore, no sources are provided for any of the claims to notability. ninety:one  23:51, 13 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - A single interview listed in the article represents the only bit of coverage in reliable sources. That falls well short of what is needed to establish notability. -- Whpq (talk) 13:38, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete - subject appears to lack "significant coverage" in reliable sources and is therefore likely not notable under the General Notability Guideline. Anotherclown (talk) 11:16, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Doesn't seem sufficiently notable. 213.246.85.235 (talk) 09:31, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
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