Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/S. Dhanabalan

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was keep. FCYTravis 5 July 2005 10:48 (UTC)

S. Dhanabalan
Was tagged as speedy, but no one seems to delete it. I'd like to have some input from the general public to see what to do. I abstain. Mgm|(talk) 18:15, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I updated the article (slightly) to point out that he is a Singaporean politician. Needs a bit of work, but otherwise perfectly fine article. -Hmib 20:12, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Only an initial? Doesn't this guy have a first name? - Mgm|(talk) 20:46, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Sigh, doesn't anyone know anything about southern indian names? Dhanabalan is his first name. S. is the initial of his father's first name (Suppaiah). S. Dhanabalan is the correct way to specify his name, assuming you don't take an anglo-saxon view of the world!
 * As strange as that might sound, it seems that "S Dhanabalan" IS his full name. See [this link]. It's an official Singapore government website. -Hmib 20:56, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. Why did you think it was worthy of speedy deletion in the first place, seeing how it was verifiable and NPOV, and given a source? In case you didn't know, this was a very highlighted issue during the national press conferences, I mean, I don't go around tagging American political events and rallies for vfd or speedy delete now do I? And about the names, its the result of translation from his ethnic name...can people stop presuming things? Let me guess, 2 or 3 other people will suddenly charge and vote delete too, knowing nothing of the fact that this is a key case where authoritarian abuse goes scot-free? This was a highly controversial and heated point in Singapore's history, in case you did not know. Can you please check google and check the presence of sources before marking it for deletion next time? -- Natalinasmpf 21:56, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comment. I moved the page as per correct name. Please respect actual and reputable sources, unless something happened overnight I don't know about, suddenly it has to be documented by a server in the West in order to qualify. -- Natalinasmpf 22:02, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Take a deep breath, please. Mgm listed it here so that it didn't get speedily deleted without discussion, and furthermore didn't vote on it himself. He just wanted to see what we all thought. It is now clear that the consensus is to keep this valuable article. --Scimitar 22:06, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Just to be clear- keep. --Scimitar 22:38, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep but I find it hard to believe that "S" is a name in any language. Sometimes you need to shout a name... Kappa 23:34, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Aha! "Dhanabalan, who doesn't disclose what the S is for in his full name..." Kappa 23:40, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Famously, see: Harry S Truman Xoloz 06:06, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * keep this one too please Yuckfoo 23:48, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Definite Keep. I'm all for proper VfDs as the next man, but really, the person who originally tried to speedy it (not Mgm, I hasten to say), could have Just Googled it and prevented this rather pointless discussion. --khaosworks 08:46, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * keep --Vsion 04:30, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Mr Tan 17:38, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, as per reasons above. - Mailer Diablo 28 June 2005 15:15 (UTC)
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