Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saherish Surani


 * 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 Speedy deleted per WP:CSD by Geni and salted by Widr (non-admin closure) -- Finngall  talk  21:53, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Saherish Surani

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Inadequate evidence of notability. Sources cited do not exist, or are to non-independent organisations, or are trivial. Maproom (talk) 06:06, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * This article has been deleted before, less than 12 hours ago I think. I believe I am meant to modify the AfD tag accordingly, but have failed to figure out how. Maproom (talk) 06:09, 20 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete Noting the comment from the page's creator was created page for notable and esteemed individual that is youth state representative for Texas there appears to be a clear promotional bias. The article was also originally filled with inline links to the family's foundation & individual family members' websites. At first glance it looked like notability might exist, tho I tagged it for additional references needed. But then I saw this https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corpus_Christi,_Texas&oldid=716149551 (which I reverted) and it became pretty clear this was all promotional. JamesG5 (talk) 06:16, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Looks pretty similar to the last version that was deleted as spam, except external links have now been removed. Still promotional, and still non-notable. Joseph2302 (talk) 06:37, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Not Delete Although I saw that many of the links are empty, after trying to find the articles online myself, I was able to. I think that links may be accurate but cited incorrectly. I do not believe that this article is pure promotion as the foundation that is tagged several times is shown to have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars and seems to be more of advocacy than promotion. According to WP:ARTN, a subject's notability cannot be based upon the writing of the article. I believe that this subject is notable and has held a "youngest" credit for a political office in a notable town. Although the writing could be changed, I do not think that the article should be completely deleted. Isabel8715 (talk) 06:39, 20 April 2016 (UTC)isabel8715 — Isabel8715 (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Joseph2302 (talk) 06:42, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Joseph2302 (talk) 06:42, 20 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete. The article makes various claims, however a search brings up little to nothing for her. Not every award or recognition gives notability on Wikipedia, nor does every national or international competition or event. The general rule of thumb is that if the award, recognition, or competition/event is notable, it'll be reported on in independent and reliable sources. Other than some mild coverage from local news sources (which seem like they're likely primary since she's reporting on something and isn't the focus of the piece), there's really nothing out there. Self-published sources like blogs and primary sources like press releases cannot show notability. Also, saying someone is the "youngest ever" to do something isn't a claim that holds water on Wikipedia because it's frequently so difficult to prove and being the youngest to do something does not give automatic notability. Doing something at a young age is only ever notable if it's widely reported on or (in the case of politics) the position is so high that it'd pass on that basis alone - which would require that she serve on the national level. None of Surani's roles fit that criteria. As far as her associations with other organizations go, notability is WP:NOTINHERITED and it's actually fairly difficult to establish notability for someone independent of an organization, especially the larger ones. Now what she has done is very impressive, especially if she's the same person that published these (which seems likely), but none of these things give automatic notability. There has to be coverage, which just isn't there. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  08:17, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * On a side note, I am concerned at the amount of SPA that have been editing the article. I'm aware that one person was blocked as a promotional username so it's OK to open one account as long as you are transparent about the WP:COI, but multiple accounts are not allowed and can be considered WP:SOCKPUPPETRY. I've opened an SPI accordingly. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  08:17, 20 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete. Clearly promotional, with single-purpose editors behind it. Greenman (talk) 11:45, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - The subject may be notable to the people around them but is not encyclopaedic. Notability has not been established through reliable sources. - Pmedema (talk) 15:51, 20 April 2016 (UTC)


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