Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ram Nath Kak (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Tone 16:17, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Ram Nath Kak
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Fails WP:NAUTHOR. &#x222F; WBG converse 08:19, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete/retitle. Sources are about the book, not him. Perhaps his book is notable, and the content of this article could be salvaged by rewriting it into an article about the book, not its author? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:28, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * , can you list the reviews? &#x222F; WBG converse 13:52, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The 2 reviews are on the page.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:43, 10 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep I just added 2 book review, one from The Hindu, the other published in a small literary journal years after the book was published. This sort of retrospective, literary review is a strong indicator of notability.  Noting tha tthis is an autobiography, or memoir, which makes it seem reasonable to have a single article on author and book.  E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:43, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * It's not a small literary journal; it's a mill publication with no indicator of reliability. Forewords don't count as a review. &#x222F; WBG converse 15:57, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * It is a small, non-notable literary journal.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:12, 10 May 2019 (UTC)


 * currently there are 2 reviews from solid sources on the page, and a foreward to the book, which was posthumously published. It looks as though it was published by his children, eash of whomhas a page.  Frankly I am unsure whether the children computer science professor Subhash Kak, computer scientist Avinash Kak and literary theorist Jaishree Odin are notable or whether this is a family that self-promotes on Wikipedia.  I am withdrawing, at least for now.
 * Delete - one minor book is not enough to establish notability per WP:AUTHOR, "The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of an independent and notable work (for example, a book, film, or television series, but usually not a single episode of a television series) or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews." - notability is not inherited from his children WP:NOTINHERITED - delete - Epinoia (talk) 03:12, 15 May 2019 (UTC)


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