Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rajeev Janardan


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The result was   keep. Based on the consensus, Rajeev appears to be notable in his field with sufficient reliable coverage, causing him to be independently notable.  Jamie ☆ S93  00:56, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Rajeev Janardan

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contested prod; the claims to notability are unsourced and I can't find reliable sources with non-trivial mentions that show notability per WP:MUSICBIO Hekerui (talk) 11:42, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  -- Abecedare (talk) 11:53, 16 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep artist with significant contribution to Indian music both as a solo artist and as part of an important music duo in India. Meets the general notability guidelines in that he has been reviewed in multiple reliable sources independent of the subject.  See List of news articles (most aren't in English).  Won the all-India music competition & has been on an international tour.  Sourcing for the article is a bit hard, since most the sources aren't in English, but the sources are out there. --ThaddeusB (talk) 13:58, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The sources show only two things: he learned under Bimalendu Mukherjee and performed in India, twice. That's tenuous at best. The other claims are not found in articles but on his homepage. Hekerui (talk) 00:46, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep per diligent WP:AFTER performed by User:ThaddeusB. Nice work. Not being sourced is a reason to tag an article, not delete it if sources exist. AfD is not for forcing WP:CLEANUP.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 22:36, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I am supportive of ThaddeusB's arguments for keeping the article. Pastor Theo (talk) 00:36, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, seems to fail WP:N to me. Stifle (talk) 12:47, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I have added sources in English but this article needs more, and only fairly recent ones are available on the web. It's true that there may be better sources to support notability in Hindi (or possibly Malayalam as I think he is Malayali), but I cannot verify this. pablo hablo. 12:53, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - As a sitar player, English language sources may be a little more hard to come by. Based on, , and  we should at the least merge to Kamala Shankar, his wife.  I see no reason for deletion. -- Whpq (talk) 21:01, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Yes, those are the sources that I added alright, and that seems to be about it for web-based sources in English. pablo hablo. 09:58, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep As above. No reason to delete, he seems to be notable in his own right, not just as the husband of someone famous.   D r e a m Focus  01:14, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I've added another source found via a Google Book search --Zeborah (talk) 02:00, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I remove the reference.Icon Group International publishes computer-generated books, often from Wikipedia articles. Hekerui (talk) 02:13, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ugh, thanks for that; I hadn't heard of them before. Still, I've had time to do more searching (note: his name is also spelled Rajiv Janardhan) and have found three more news sources (two from 1996 reviewing his performance specifically) and a programme booklet from a performance in Switzerland.  I've added these and think it's clear that, while most information about him will be in Hindi than in English, he is an important figure in India's classical music scene, and there are sufficient sources to verify his notability for Wikipedia's purposes. --Zeborah (talk) 07:13, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
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