Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shehla Rashid Shora


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The result was Keep as I'm not confident this is going to get any clearer and populated with votes (NAC). SwisterTwister  talk  04:14, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Shehla Rashid Shora

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This is probably the third page after Umar Khalid and Kanhaiya Kumar to be created about the single event 2016 JNU sedition controversy. The person seems to be notable only because of this single event and this article is a case of WP:RECENTISM. The event itself is recent (less than two months) and as such there is a news spike. I do not see any significant coverage of the person before the event either and the article reads like a WP:PSEUDO. At this stage if I do WP:10YT, I do not see why this person merits an article on their own. My recommendation would be to document this person's role in the event page. As such, either delete the page or (preferably) redirect/merge it to the event page. Lemongirl942 (talk) 01:35, 23 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete- WP:SINGLEEVENT and fails notability. --Adamstraw99 (talk) 02:51, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. /wiae  /tlk  03:57, 23 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep With due respect, I don't believe those voting "delete" have read the sources carefully enough. There is a Times of India article entirely focused on her, published a year before any of these protests began . That piece, as well as second reference, offer fairly detailed coverage of her personal life, not simply her role in the recent protests. In my book, this meets WP:GNG. Vanamonde93 (talk) 04:29, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Your second reference is actually related to the ongoing event. Your first reference is the only mention of the subject I found before the recent event and even then it doesn't focus on a lot of detail. If the person is notable enough, then there should be multiple sources to demonstrate notability before the current event. --Lemongirl942 (talk) 05:03, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:21, 23 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep- It does not come under WP:SINGLEEVENT as she is in the forefront in many agitations. Right from Occupy UGC movement, Justice for Rohith Vemula and the Sedition controversy. She also was the acting President of the students' union when Kanhaiya kumar was in jail.InspireTheWorld (talk) 19:25, 23 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep - She is clearly notable. There is a Times of India article written entirely about her, and the article doesn't even meet the WP:SINGLEEVENT criteria. -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ethanlu121 (talk • contribs)


 * Keep - She is role model for all student activist. She is a bright orator and can be seen on many television shows.She has leaded many students agitations so recommend it to keep it. She deserves a page to there. She has more than 7000 followers on twitter and more that 30000 followers on facebool as well so I don't think it doesn't make any sense to delete it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.248.114.51 (talk) 18:08, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: I remember from many AfDs that the value of "Times of India" articles as reliable sources is often very much doubted. Could somebody evaluate the sources in some detail?  Sandstein  21:47, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - references indicate article meets WP:GNG criteria. Article could use clean-up, not deletion per WP:ATD. Hmlarson (talk) 19:26, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   21:47, 31 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment - There is a Wikipage for the Times of India. It is a standard WP:NEWSORG. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 22:05, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Sandstein, I've worked with South Asian media sources for a while now, and my impression of the Times of India is the following. It is seen as less "serious" and perhaps closer to a tabloid than a few others; at the same time, it is India's most popular English newspaper, and so the coverage it gives cannot be dismissed. In particular, I would take a news story or a profile like this one fairly seriously. Others may, of course, disagree; but the ToI is certainly used as a reliable source in any number of our articles. Vanamonde93 (talk) 22:09, 31 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep - She has been covered prominently much before. The Hindu Business Line in 2011 ran a detailed profile of her, along with other Kashmiri women who are vocal about the human rights situation in Kashmir, her role in ensuring fail trial to prisoners, her activism to save the Dal Lake and her participation in youth leadership programme. A Kashmiri magazine, Kashmir Scenario, in 2013, ran a powerful and in-depth interview of her, documenting her activism related to Internet rights, against acid attacks and for human rights in Kashmir.  She was at the forefront of demanding legal reform of cyber laws in 2013 following Shaheen Dhada's arrest in Mumbai.     Quite clearly, she has been active for the past several years and has been prominently covered even in the absence of any controversy. In 2013, when an all-girls' band in Kashmir was facing harassment, she was again at the forefront of ensuring justice for them.  Her role in organising support for them was covered by prominent Indian publications, including the Hindustan Times, Rediff, Times of India.    She has been the leading face of the Occupy UGC protests and later, the Rohith Vemula movement during which she sat on indefinite hunger strike in JNU.   Even hostile media publications such as Zee News documented her role in visualising the Occupy UGC movement and pioneering the decision to "camp" at UGC for fellowships.  She led the protests to MHRD, several times, taking on Smriti Irani and calling her assurances as eyewash.    -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.141.58.141 (talk • contribs)


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