Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sanjay Rawal


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 04:41, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Sanjay Rawal

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PROD contested by article author with sanjay rawal redefined celebrity philanthropy and is an advisor to a number of agents and celebs on philanthropy. Most of the claims in the article are not supported by the given references. While he is listed as executive producer on the hurricane relief album, the rest are peripheral mentions of the subject (or links to his blog). "Sanjay Rawal" is a common Indian name, but different permutations of web searches don't seem to indicate notability. I don't think this person meets WP:BIO or WP:CREATIVE. § FreeRangeFrog 05:14, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete for those reasons. Pff, Sri Chinmoy needing help getting in touch with Ravi Shankar? That's unlikely, to put it mildly. Drmies (talk) 05:32, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete - non-notable, pointless, unreliable. ╟─ Treasury Tag ► contribs ─╢ 10:04, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Though the article looks well-referenced at first glance, it seems to be an attempt at establishing notability by celebrity name dropping, use of poor sources, and blatant misrepresentation of other sources. For example,
 * A trivial mention of Sanjay Rawal in this article (""Devotees are bringing flowers, they light candles, pray and meditate, creating great tranquility," Sanjay Rawal of the centre told IANS.) is used to reference, "He studied under noted spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy"
 * A quote in this article ("Ravi Shankar's contributions to the arts and to humanity have been not only exemplary but unparalleled, particularly his bridging of gaps between the East and West," said Sanjay Rawal, program coordinator for Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation at the United Nations. ) is stretched to claim that, "helped the late teacher in his outreach to a number of world figures including Ravi Shankar." !
 * Abecedare (talk) 02:37, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I wrote the article about a good friend, Sanjay. The above mentioned points are actually true.  Sri met Ravi Shankar in 1972 but lost touch til 2002. He was a spokesperson for Sri Chinmoy as evinced by the cited articles and Sanjay was the go to for Sri with a lot of celebs like Sting and Susan Sarandon and he and Wyclef launched Yele together.  While he is known by a lot of people in the charity industry, I guess he should work on getting himself cited more to warrant inclusion on Wikipedia! joeparty1 (talk) 22:30, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * If you can find sources that could establish notability, then add them. The article doesn't have to be deleted, it is simply being considered for deletion because it fails to meet the inclusion guidelines (namely WP:BIO). § FreeRangeFrog 03:41, 3 March 2009 (UTC)


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