Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shivam Shankar Singh


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The result was delete. Black Kite (talk) 12:04, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Shivam Shankar Singh

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Does not meet the Wikipedia guidelines for notability. —Avenue X at Cicero (t · c) sends his regards @ 16:24, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 16:29, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 16:30, 30 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep -- I am the creator of the original article. The person in question is quoted in several Indian and and international newspapers and magazines. One of India's largest magazines, The Caravan recently did a feature on him. He has also been prominently featured in stories in Time Magazine and quoted by Nikkei Asian Review . His book on Indian Elections is also being published by Penguin. IndianPolitics-Bihar (talk) 07:59, 2 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. North America1000 10:43, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep As with IndianPolitics-Bihar, the article clearly meets WP:GNG and he is a creator of the article, as well as sigifanct coverage on several Indian and International newspapers. Sheldybett (talk) 11:59, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Firstly, "quoted by" has nothing to do with Wikipedia's inclusion criteria at all — people get over our notability tests by being the subject of coverage, not by giving soundbite to the media in articles about other subjects, so the Time and Nikkei Asian Review sources listed above are not helping. Secondly, people don't get over our notability tests by being the author of their own sources, either — The Caravan doesn't help to establish his notability, because it represents a source in which he's writing about himself in the first person, not a source in which other people are writing about him in the third person. Thirdly, people are not handed an automatic free pass over our notability criteria for writers just because the book's existence metaverifies itself on the non-independent primary source website of its publisher — the notability test for a writer is independent coverage about his writing, such as newspapers or magazines publishing reviews of the book, not just the fact that the book exists. This is not the kind of sourcing that it takes to make a political backroom organizer notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia — we are not looking for journalism about other things that quotes him in passing, or journalism by him, or his books metaverifying their own existence on online bookstores, we are looking for third-party journalism about him. Bearcat (talk) 18:21, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment: Only mentioned the Time article and stuff because WP:GNG states “Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention, but it does not need to be the main topic of the source material.” Many of the articles he’s quoted in dedicate a significant portion to coverage of his work, including the Economic Times and Time Magazine piece. Links on his resignation in Hindi are dedicated coverage of him and so are some other articles already referenced or found on google. IndianPolitics-Bihar (talk) 03:50, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 17:22, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails WP:GNG. Also seems like a fairly obvious COI problem. Skirts89 (talk) 17:47, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete just over half of the sources are in English, and NONE of these support notability. I do not read Hindi.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:54, 6 February 2019 (UTC)


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