Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rati Ram Sharma


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:08, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Rati Ram Sharma

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Apparent autobiography containing some remarkable claims of groundbreaking physics discoveries made through, err, yoga and meditation. The subject similarly claims to have overturned core principles of chemistry and biology. Claims for homeopathy are demonstrably false. Subject has awarded himself things like the Albert Schweitzer prize. The sole source is a self-authored website with much of the same self-aggrandising fiction.

There's no evidence of notability other than these extraordinary and unfounded claims. It's difficult to believe a word of the article, and I cannot find a reliable source on the subject, so I think deletion is the best way forward. bobrayner (talk) 16:01, 27 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment - While there is such a person PHOTO AND BIO, this smacks of a fringe POV push. He seems to big dog in the world of homeopathy. This article's sourcing is miserable, but a quick Google search generated THIS: "Dr Rati Ram Sharma, who was nominated for the Nobel prize in medicine in 1996 and was honoured with the 1989 Albert Schweitzer prize, the Nobel of complementary medicines award, for his contribution to elucidating the science of homeopathy. The unassuming scholar, has an amazing body of intellectual discoveries to his credit, that range from solving the mystery behind working of Alpha and Theta waves in the brain, to challenging the basis of the theory of relativity and the Quantum Theory. Dr. Ram has put his profound scientific understanding of the homeopathic system of medicine to practice, for the benefit of suffering humanity.He asserts that the science of homeopathy has not come to fore because its practitioners have never attempted to articulate its scientific basis." Worthy of inclusion? No opinion. Carrite (talk) 16:28, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. Here is a mainstream source making similar claims to our article, but it is the only one that I can find. I would add that the statement that the subject, or anyone else, was nominated for a Nobel Prize is pretty meaningless, and unverifiable for anyone nominated in the last 50 years - see Nobel Prize for the reasons why. Phil Bridger (talk) 17:08, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete with the greatest regret in view of such spectacular claims. Xxanthippe (talk) 03:07, 28 August 2010 (UTC).
 * Delete per Xxanthippe. Ray  Talk 04:01, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:BLP with no reliable sources in article or visible on searching. -- Radagast 3 (talk) 07:10, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete The claim that he got the Albert Schweitzer prize appears to be a flat lie, or at least I could find no confirmation on the web. Nothing else in the article appears to be any more believable. --MelanieN (talk) 03:19, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
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