Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rajan Sankaran (3rd nomination)


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The result was   delete. Guerillero &#124;  My Talk  03:57, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Rajan Sankaran
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Subject fails WP:BLP and WP:NAUTHOR. Sources fail WP:RS. Extensive bibliography is from fringe sources and affiliated publications. A Google did not yield anything that rings the notability bell. This appears to be a fairly glaring case of WP:PROFRINGE and WP:SPAM Ad Orientem (talk) 17:36, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
 * P.S. See also this related discussion at the Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:41, 13 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete As nominator says, this article fails to pass any of the various standards we have for biographical articles. Having looked back at various historical versions of the article the hoped-for improvements to this article have not materialised. --Salimfadhley (talk) 00:14, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Previous arguments centered around whether the guy was notable as a homeopath. That's an interesting question. We should determine whether there is enough independent notice of this person to warrant a WP:FRINGEBLP. Despite rather careful searches including a few I had some friends do in Hindi (the same dubious PR-fluff stories that are currently cited in the article [OMG! HE'S CURING AIDS!] kept coming up, but nothing that was truly a WP:RS-worthy of inclusion in our article), there is very little in the way of thoughtful, independent profiling that I can find about this person. The article is essentially functioning as a WP:SOAP and after two failed AfDs where assurances were made that cleanup was possible, I think it's time to put this to rest. jps (talk) 00:43, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:48, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete - Fails WP:BIO.  C ute st Penguin  • Talk 13:27, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete: Insufficient coverage in reliable independent sources to meet any of our notability guidelines. Notable only within a small fringe community, if that. Nothing worth saving or merging elsewhere. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 02:34, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete per jps. - - MrBill3 (talk) 08:28, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.