Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ramesh Karad


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   delete. NW ( Talk ) 16:09, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Ramesh Karad

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assertion made of 'leader', but cannot find sources to back this up. Appears to be a candidate for the Maharashtra Assembly with no other notability, and thus to not meet WP:POLITICIAN. Prod removed by article's author. Saalstin (talk) 02:08, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  —Saalstin (talk) 02:10, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note This AfD was missing Step 1, fixed now. - SpacemanSpiff Calvin&#8225;Hobbes 02:57, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  -- - SpacemanSpiff Calvin&#8225;Hobbes 02:57, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - I've run for an election and lost, I'm almost certainly not notable either. More to the point, WP:N requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".  Being generous enough to assume the "external links" are supposed to be sources for what's in the article, they're neither reliable, significant, or independent of the subject (one is a Wikipedia page, one is a blog, and the other is a mere statement acknowledging the fact that he's running). - DustFormsWords (talk) 03:32, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep with strings attached - As the leader of a major political party, he seems to satisfy notability. Needs better referencing, though. Without better referencing, it should be deleted. &lt;&gt;Multi-Xfer&lt;&gt; (talk) 17:44, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd agree with that, but the problem is, this claim doesn't need 'better' referencing, it needs any referencing - I searched, and couldn't find any evidence to back up the claim (as noted in the nom statement). Do you have any sources for it?  --Saalstin (talk) 17:51, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope. I tried Google to no avail. I'm assuming the author would attempt to find some if he is interested in the article being kept, and there may be some in offline newspapers, books and such but I'm not gonna go to all that trouble. If nothing can be found it should be deleted. &lt;&gt;Multi-Xfer&lt;&gt; (talk) 22:05, 5 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Doesn't qualify WP:Politician and is a local leader for a large political party and that isn't a claim to notability either. - SpacemanSpiff Calvin&#8225;Hobbes 18:05, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
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