Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pritam Singh (Actor)


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The result was delete. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  09:18, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Pritam Singh (Actor)

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Biography for a person who does not meet the notability guidelines. The notability guidelines for actors/entertainers requires "significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions." It says that they had a role in a film, but I cannot find the subject in the cast list, meaning that it was not a major role. They've also made appearances in two reality shows, but again I don't think we could call those major entertainer roles unless they were the host themselves or their performance received attention that led to other notable things.

At the end, what I think is the Dada Saheb Phalke Film Foundation is mentioned. If this were the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (India's highest award in cinema), then he would indeed be notable. However, the award he won has 61 categories, so I'm not sure how major it is, though he seems to have won "Best Television Entertainers Of The Year".

Lastly, a web search does not seem to satisfy the significant coverage in reliable sources required to meet the general notability guidelines, so we would not be able to write in depth about him without resorting to original research, which is essential for a biography of a living person. Unless it can be shown that these roles were significant, the award major (on its own though, it's a weak justification), or that there is significant coverage of him in reliable sources, then I don't think he meets our notability guidelines. Opencooper (talk) 17:48, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Opencooper (talk) 17:50, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. Opencooper (talk) 17:50, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Opencooper (talk) 17:50, 9 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment : Article was created by editor, who apparently has conflict of interest (..I am making his wikipedia page on his behalf), and at few instances (diff, diff2) has referred himself as we. The article was undoubtedly full of unsourced, original research and promo materials when it was moved from sandbox to mainspace (diff). However, I cleaned-up the article before this afd nomination.
 * The basic question that remains here is that subject does meet notability standard or not. He simply doesn't meet WP:NACTOR - as he did only one film and that too without credit. He may meet wp:gng though. Sources:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Hindi language), {{sup|{not sure about reliability of this one.)}} There should be a couple of more news on him. At first these sources look convincing enough to declare subject notable per wp:gng. But wait there's a pitfall. Almost all of the sources found on web and listed here are related to his appearance in Tv reality show Bigg Boss 8.
 * So, it is either a case of WP:BIO1E or he meets the required standard. I'm undecided as of now and may or may not !vote later. Anup   [Talk]  19:21, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete as both the current article and comments above show it's still overall questionable, with there being nothing at all convincing of the needed notability improvements, and I would've frankly PRODed but I imagine we will have it restarted thus delete for now, use G4 later if needed and then revisit if needed. SwisterTwister   talk  18:39, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 08:07, 19 June 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:27, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete per nomination, pending evidence of non-trivial coverage from reliable third party outlets. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 (talk) 19:45, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


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