Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shivraj Singh of Jodhpur


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The result was keep. SpinningSpark 00:09, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

Shivraj Singh of Jodhpur

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Descendant of a Politician and erstwhile royal family of a princely state from British India. Fails WP:GNG; lacks WP:SIGCOV. Case of WP:BIOFAMILY defcon5 (talk) 07:50, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:21, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Royalty and nobility-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:21, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 13:25, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep. Famous polo player, and WP:GNG backs this up. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 13:26, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. The article doesn't attribute notability as a polo player; not even mentioned in the lead. No Great Shaker (talk) 04:51, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  12:13, 13 September 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Relisting to evaluate if subject meets WP:GNG or WP:SPORTBASIC as a polo player
 * Rewrite to mention polo career. Minkai (no talk page yet!) 13:47, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwaiiplayer (talk) 15:16, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

I am not sure to what extent, but this man is definitely an Indian celebrity. He was on the cover of a magazine called Society, where he was called "India's most eligible bachelor." (I was in Jodhpur for school/research in 2001, and met him multiple times.) He was also involved in a suspected murder, about which this film was made: https://www.journeyman.tv/film/1044

His family owns one of the most impressive structures in world architecture, the Mehranghar castle. Additionally, they own one of the two or three largest currently-inhabited palaces in the world. They more or less own the majority of the city of Jodhpur. To call this an "erstwhile" royal family is a funny joke. Ask any Rajasthani whether the letter of the 1970s democracy-laws passed in order to strip Indian royal dynasties of their power have very much to do with the reality on the ground in Marwar. They do not. And this man will be the next Majarajah (King) of Marwar. To call this subject irrelevant is to be ignorant of the facts, if not a subtle kind of Eurocentrism. Imagine marking the heir to the throne of Monaco or Norway for deletion.
 * Keep As I'm an indian editor, he is really famous royal celebrity. He trained the Jodhpur polo team, which is now one of the best polo teams in the world. Shivraj is widely referred to as Indian polo's poster boy. Although I agree the article is not well-written and needs some big improvements, I think considering the news coverage of him (e.g, , , , the Prince of Hearts by Society Magazine, Most popular Royal faces of India by Yahoo! News, Hight profile marriage covered in BBC News and  featured on Hindu Newspaper (available offline), among others in Hindi language), he does pass WP:BASIC and WP:GNG. VocalIndia (talk) 15:42, 27 September 2021 (UTC)


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