Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sivakumar Veerasamy


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The result was delete. Davewild (talk) 18:54, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Sivakumar Veerasamy

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The subject is claimed as "Best Breeder in Tree Species (Eucalyptus) and reference to support this is a youtube video!! User, who originally created and significantly contributed to this and (other article, currently in afd), has a clear, undeclared COI with subject(s), as inferred from these links - Link 1 (see 'This user has a website' within I am tab); (Link2 - user's website as provided in Link 1 - citing that user worked as JRF with subject). Quick deletion recommended. Educationtemple (talk) 08:35, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable individual. The claim to be the best breeder in tree species is backed up by an unreliable source and therefore invalid unless it can be confirmed by an acceptable source. Philg88 ♦talk 05:34, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete. This case seems very similar to Articles for deletion/Nicodemus Abel, for which I had the same reasons for deleting: employer profiles are ok for verifying factual claims in the article but are not evidence of notability; the best breeder award most likely falls short of WP:PROF; only a single publication with few citations found in Google scholar. Veerasamy's publication has more citations than Abel's (12 vs 1) but that isn't enough to make a difference in the case. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:08, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Does not meet WP:ACADEMIC, and the similar articles pass my duck test for COI editing; I'll advise their creator of our policies.  Mini  apolis  21:19, 17 April 2015 (UTC)
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