Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rajeev Rai


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The result was delete. Tone 10:06, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Rajeev Rai

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The article fails WP:NPOL. Apart from this, no significant press coverage for local politician. Out of two news reports one mentions of being sacked from a position and the other is a about a road accident ~ Amkgp  💬  15:32, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  ~ Amkgp  💬  15:32, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  ~ Amkgp  💬  15:32, 15 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete ' Fails WP:NPOL, Never been elected and fails WP:GNG too. --- FitIndia  Talk Admin on Commons 16:04, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable --Devokewater  @  16:56, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NPOL, non notable. Nika2020 (talk) 17:55, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete does not meet the inclusion criteria for politicians.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:33, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Does not seem to meet WP:NPOL. Non-notable regional politician. Lefcentreright  Discuss   20:30, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per all of the above Spiderone  09:47, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete as per all. -Hatchens (talk) 11:51, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - article expanded. Passes WP:GNG, notably a prominent figure appearing in national media (see https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=361839057959978, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqC2mMXr_Yg ), several news pieces with him as the article subject in multiple national media (see the article, for example his removal as SP spokesperson was reported as news story by major outlets, his return to the position was reported as a news story as well, his 2018 car accident was reported in multiple media as well, etc.). Possibly there is also possibility to expand on his corporate role, as he runs a number of educational institutions. --Soman (talk) 13:25, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment: Still the person fails WP:NPOL, corporate role and running education institutions are all self promotion stuff does not make the person notable. In India most prominent politicians from district level holds such things. ~ Amkgp 💬  16:12, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * That's not how notability works. WP:NPOL indicates some criteria that can be used to establish notability, but this is not exclusive. There is no requirement that politicians have to comply with point 1 of WP:NPOL, WP:GNG can be enough. There is no automatic requirement to delete article on people that ran for office and didn't get elected. In this case we have an individual who frequently appears in national media and who's goings and doings become national news stories in themselves. And one could even argue that the office of national secretary of Samajwadi Party in itself would qualify for notability, considering that Samajwadi Party is one of the largest political parties in the world. SP pulled 15.6 million votes in the 2019 Indian general election, which is more than the German CDU in 2017. --Soman (talk) 17:58, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Neither Facebook nor YouTube are reliable sources, sorry Spiderone  22:52, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm well aware of that, and neither Facebook nor YouTube are used as sources for the article in any way. Nevertheless, for the sake of the debate on notability within the AfD itself, it is not irrelevant to demonstrate that the article subject is a frequent news show guest/commentator. --Soman (talk) 23:18, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Dear Soman, the subjects lack WP:SIGCOV. Period! Kindly read this once, WP:Bludgeon. -Hatchens (talk) 06:42, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but that comment misses the mark: 1) Considering examples like, , , , , you can't say that the article subject lacks WP:SIGCOV. 2) WP:Bludgeon is not relevant as a response to my comment. I'm replying to comments to my comment, that's hardly disrupting the AfD process. --Soman (talk) 11:55, 19 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete fails WP:NPOL and sources provided by user Soman above do not satisfy WP:GNG. Out of all five sources, #1, #2, and #4 discuss the same story "Rajiv Rai, close aide of Akhilesh Yadav, was sacked as party's national secretary on Sunday." #5 an anouncment that "he was again appointed as the party's national secretary and spokesperson" and #2 he met an road accident what else? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ GSS &#x202F;&#128172; 06:14, 21 July 2020 (UTC)


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