Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reekrit Serai


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The result was delete following the detailed arguments below.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:33, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Reekrit Serai

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 * This article appeared to be a well-sourced one with this version (17:35, December 26, 2013). I tried cleaning it up by removing the dubious sources, merging the duplicate sources and tagging the article for improved references, recentism, notability and categories. Essentially the notability of the subject depends on his having published two books (one in 2012 and one just a couple of weeks ago) and his involvement in a literature festival which had its first edition on 18 December 2013. The book he published in 2012 seems to have been reviewed just once (by Tribune India). Overall I am not convinced that this is a notable enough person to warrant a Wikipedia article. Green Giant (talk) 01:08, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * This article appeared to be a well-sourced one with this version (17:35, December 26, 2013). I tried cleaning it up by removing the dubious sources, merging the duplicate sources and tagging the article for improved references, recentism, notability and categories. Essentially the notability of the subject depends on his having published two books (one in 2012 and one just a couple of weeks ago) and his involvement in a literature festival which had its first edition on 18 December 2013. The book he published in 2012 seems to have been reviewed just once (by Tribune India). Overall I am not convinced that this is a notable enough person to warrant a Wikipedia article. Green Giant (talk) 01:08, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - The news coverage is sparse and lacks depth. The subject fails WP:AUTHOR and WP:BASIC notability guidelines.- MrX 03:17, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Do not Delete-The following links prove the author's authenticity (given below). He is well-known within his region (Chandigarh, Panchkula, Haryana, India) and is the Director of a major literature festival of the region of Panchkula, Chandigarh, India. Furthermore, he is the author of 2 books, both reviewed and noted by the media of the region. Additionally, his work is listed on all e-commerce websites. He has a significant fan following as is evident through his facebook and twitter pages.

Reekrit Serai Secondary sources of reference

https://www.facebook.com/PanchkulaLitFest‎

www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120326/ttlife.htm‎

books.google.co.in/books?isbn=1629513164 www.amazon.in/s?ie...Reekrit%20Serai...27%3AReekrit%20Serai‎

http://www.indianewscalling.com/education/news/10940-satluj-public-school-hosts-the-first-ever-panchkula-lit-fest.aspx

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/young-authors-audience-celebrated-at-panchkula-literature-festival/1208169/

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RumourBooks

http://www.unistarbooks.com/author_detail.php?au=1740&authorname=Reekrit%20Serai

http://www.dailypost.in/lifestyle/fashion-and-beauty/10277-your-sunday-is-booked

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/1162255.aspx?s=p

http://allevents.in/panchkula/tri-city-youth-conclave-2013-celebrating-thoughts/102498473258672

http://www.bubblews.com/news/1802925-panchkula-lit-fest-2013

http://www.ofelio.com/show?lang=en&id=103131&start=5&length=20

http://m.indianexpress.com/news/young-authors-audience-celebrated-at-panchkula-literature-festival/1208169/

http://kitaab.org/2013/12/16/india-young-authors-audience-celebrated-at-panchkula-literature-festival/

http://www.bubblews.com/news/1837967-the-first-ever-panchkula-literary-fest-a-report

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/young-authors-audience-celebrated-at-panchkula-literature-festival/1208169

http://121newsonlines.blogspot.in/2013/12/satluj-public-school-hosts-first-ever.html

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131216/ttlife1.htm

http://kitaab.org/tag/india/

http://www.theindiapost.com/2013/12/satluj-public-school-hosts-the-first-ever-panchkula-lit-fest/

http://kitaab.org/tag/panchkula-literature-festival/

http://archive.is/tBIye

http://realinfo.tv/index.php?topic=2621.44536

http://archive.is/hPImf

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120326/ttlife.htm

http://books.google.co.in/books/about/As_I_Turn_20.html?id=gLJeMwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

http://satlujpublicschool.com/panchkula-lit-fest/

RadzeeRadzee —Preceding undated comment added 08:10, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Evano1van(எவனோ ஓருவன்) 21:07, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Evano1van(எவனோ ஓருவன்) 21:07, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment - User:Radzee, there is no question that Reekrit has written two books and helped organize the first edition of this literature festival, but does that make him notable per WP:Notability (people)? As with the previous state of the article, you have presented what appears to be an impressive set of links, but the problem is that some are duplicates, a couple are archived versions of these links, several are blogs and/or forums and some are about the literature festival more than they are about him:
 * https://www.facebook.com/PanchkulaLitFest‎ - having a facebook account doesn't make anybody notable because anyone can join
 * www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120326/ttlife.htm‎ - this is an index page; the actual article is located → here; it isn't a review of his first book, just him talking about it, and the impression is that they interviewed him because of his young age more than anything else
 * books.google.co.in/books?isbn=1629513164 - this just confirms that his second book has been published, but look at page 4 and the publisher is Rumour Books, so effectively he is publishing his own book, hardly a ringing endorsement of notability
 * www.amazon.in/s?ie...Reekrit%20Serai...27%3AReekrit%20Serai‎ - although this didn't come out clearly, I assume it was a link to a page showing his books, which is fine but all it does is confirm that he has written two books
 * http://www.indianewscalling.com/education/news/10940-satluj-public-school-hosts-the-first-ever-panchkula-lit-fest.aspx → this article appears to be largely lifted from the 2013 Tribune article listed further down
 * http://www.indianexpress.com/news/young-authors-audience-celebrated-at-panchkula-literature-festival/1208169/ → this one of two major reliable sources; it talks mainly about the festival although it does mention that Serai launched his second book at the festival
 * https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/RumourBooks - this just confirms that the company (Rumour Group) exists but it doesn't prove that Reekrit is notable; indeed the whole purpose of this website is to make it really easy for anyone to publish eBooks
 * http://www.unistarbooks.com/author_detail.php?au=1740&authorname=Reekrit%20Serai - this just confirms that UniStar published his first book, but it doesn't show that Reekrit is notable; indeed if he was notable I'd expect his name to be listed on their table → here
 * http://www.dailypost.in/lifestyle/fashion-and-beauty/10277-your-sunday-is-booked → announcement of the literature festival but notably this website is the media partner of the festival; dailypost.in appears to have been operational since July 2011 but the earliest content I can find is 29 May 2013; this doesn't mean it didn't have content before that but I can find no evidence for such content
 * http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/1162255.aspx?s=p → this is one of two major reliable sources; but the article is a simple three-paragraph announcement of the festival; was there a follow-up article to tell us how it went, as might be expected for a significant/successful event?
 * http://allevents.in/panchkula/tri-city-youth-conclave-2013-celebrating-thoughts/102498473258672 - this is an announcement for an event held by his local school to which he was invited; this is not a case of notability because it happens the world over, indeed I am invited regularly to my old school to give "motivational speeches" to the kids but it doesn't make me notable
 * http://www.bubblews.com/news/1802925-panchkula-lit-fest-2013 - this is a website with user-generated content (with revenue sharing) and cannot be regarded as a reliable source per WP:UGC
 * http://www.ofelio.com/show?lang=en&id=103131&start=5&length=20 - this is a news feed but I cannot find any mention of Reekrit Serai, Panchkula Lit Fest or either of his books, so it is unclear what we are looking for
 * http://m.indianexpress.com/news/young-authors-audience-celebrated-at-panchkula-literature-festival/1208169/ - this is effectively a duplicate of the Indian Express link above
 * http://kitaab.org/2013/12/16/india-young-authors-audience-celebrated-at-panchkula-literature-festival/ - this is a blog and therefore cannot be regarded as a reliable source and especially per WP:UGC
 * http://www.bubblews.com/news/1837967-the-first-ever-panchkula-literary-fest-a-report - user-generated content noted above; nonetheless it is a word-for-word copy of the India News Calling page listed further up
 * http://www.financialexpress.com/news/young-authors-audience-celebrated-at-panchkula-literature-festival/1208169 - this is effectively a duplicate of the Indian Express link above
 * http://121newsonlines.blogspot.in/2013/12/satluj-public-school-hosts-first-ever.html this is a blog and cannot be regarded as a reliable source
 * http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131216/ttlife1.htm → discussing the festival mainly but it does give Serai a three-sentence mention near the bottom; intriguingly it claims he has written many books but all the evidence suggests he has written two books
 * http://kitaab.org/tag/india/ - this blog was noted above
 * http://www.theindiapost.com/2013/12/satluj-public-school-hosts-the-first-ever-panchkula-lit-fest/ → apart from using different pictures, this is a word-for-word duplicate of the India News Calling page near the top of this list; I cannot say who copied from who but it means that one or the other cannot be regarded as a reliable source, so I have struck this one because the other one is listed first
 * http://kitaab.org/tag/panchkula-literature-festival/ this blog was noted above
 * http://archive.is/tBIye - an archived version of the 2013 Tribune article above
 * http://realinfo.tv/index.php?topic=2621.44536 - this is a forum website that anyone could sign up to, thus not a reliable source per WP:RS and WP:UGC
 * http://archive.is/hPImf - an archived version of the Indian Express page above
 * http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120326/ttlife.htm - this is a duplicate of the 2012 Tribune link that is near the top of this list
 * http://books.google.co.in/books/about/As_I_Turn_20.html?id=gLJeMwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y - this link just confirms that his first book was published, but not whether he is notable
 * http://satlujpublicschool.com/panchkula-lit-fest/ → this is the local school announcing that they will host the literature festival
 * So what this comes down to is that of your 27 links, there only five that could be cited as reliable sources and one that has a questionable reliability. Of the five reliable ones, four deal primarily with the festival and one is about him. He does not meet the notability guidelines, particularly WP:Author because:
 * there is little evidence he is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors
 * he has not created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews
 * This does not mean that he won't become notable at some point but not at this moment. His involvement with the literature festival falls under WP:1E until and unless there is a second edition. I hope it does become a major event, given the presence of some notable authors but we really need more evidence of the festival having been reported by reliable sources. Green Giant (talk) 23:55, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Endorsing per Green Giant, per MrX. --Bisswajit (talk) 17:23, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
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