Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ravi Shankar (poet)


 * 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 Keep. Agent 86 20:33, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Ravi Shankar (poet)

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Procedural AfD. Was prodded in July, and de-prodded a few days later. Speedy-tagged for failing to assert importance, and deleted by me, failing to note in the history that it had been prodded and de-prodded. Undeleted after inquiry on my talk page, and brought here by me to finish off the whereabouts of the article. – Elisson • T • C • 17:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete for now None of the links are from particularly reliable sources, and I can't find any verification that the sources mentioned as having published his work actually did publish (or talk about) it, though perhaps I'm missing something on Google because of his name (I, of course, tried more specific searches than just "Ravi Shankar"). No real notability is asserted otherwise, and the article is also somewhat POV. If some of the claimed sources are added, my !vote might change. -- Kicking222 19:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, but fix the article (weak keep) Article needs better sourcing and (as aptly stated by User:Kicking222) is "somewhat POV". Assuming that the available information is correct (I have no reason to question it), he appears to pass a "notability" test as a rising young poet who is getting published and noticed. Also, the disambiguation issue associated with his name increases the value of retaining an article about him. --orlady 21:31, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Update: Article was fixed after I commented. My "keep" is no longer "weak." --orlady 19:00, 13 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep, notable poet is not equal notable singer. The references are less, external references fewer and there are no top poetry shows to attract attention. But Clean up and Wikify Alf photoman 00:37, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * keep. I removed the prod back in July. Shankar was interviewed by Jacket (magazine) (a non-trivial independent interview), and as an NPR commentator and an editor has more media exposure than a lot of contemporary poets. I've rewritten the text to make it less of a promotional blurb. Gimmetrow 02:21, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * keep. Two books, some notability.Stompin&#39; Tom 15:21, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Publications reviewed by journals that have national (U.S.) reputation, editor of a national poetry journal, and commentator on a national radio network satisfy WP:BIO. B.Wind 18:58, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as nominator, after seeing the rewrite. However this is not a withdrawal of the nomination. – Elisson • T • C • 19:45, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.