Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pankaj Rag (3rd nomination)


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The result was keep. Seems like notability has been established on account of his role and the sources, which should probably be put to use in the article though. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 05:49, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Pankaj Rag
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NonNotable Civil Servant. An office in the civil service is not inherently notable unless it can be shown that the subject has done something to distinguish themselves. More importantly, the sources have to specifically be about the person. It would be easy to find google hits when the subject has a common name and often announces government decisions. But notability needs to be shown independently of this routine news. As far as I could see, I did not see anything to distinguish the subject from a run of the mill civil servant. The coverage has been more about stuff related to his office than actually about him Uncletomwood (talk) 05:46, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
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 * delete pending much more RS coverage; that one source is good, but we need more than a single interview for a BLP - David Gerard (talk) 00:18, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep: I !voted keep in the first afd, and I stand by that decision.
 * Firstly subject is not only a civil servant but also author of around half a dozen books, a notable aspect that nominator missed.
 * Sources such as this one published by The Economic Times and another by Indian Express definitely adds credibility to the claim of notability of subject.
 * Additionally, full-page review of his book 1857: The Oral Tradition was published by almost all national mainstream media houses. It makes subject a strong candidate for inclusion per AUTHOR#3 too.
 * Sources: Outlook India, Times of India, Tribune India, Telegraph India, Indian Express, The Hindu, The Hindu2, DNA.
 * There are few hindi sources, I was able to find. This one says, Pankaj Rag has written a book titled Dhuno Ki Yatra on Indian film music, which is an excellent work in this field. Another one introduces subject as the famous hindi poet and historian. I believe all these sources give a fairer idea on the question of notability of subject.
 * And why there is not a trillion sources for his books published in Hindi languages, Wikipedia Project India has an essay at WP:INDAFD to answer that. Anup   [Talk]  05:31, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Yet another significant coverage of subject as an author by Economic Times. Anup   [Talk]  09:12, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  18:29, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable as Director-General of the National Archives of India, at least. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:39, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
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 * Keep: Reference in multiple reliable sources present and as mentioned by Anup, subject is also author of multiple books.Pratyush (talk) 11:21, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Author of multiple books reviewed in reliable sources such as the Times of India and the Economic Times. Director of the National Archives of the second-largest nation on Earth. Bearian (talk) 18:44, 26 September 2016 (UTC)


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