Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Srinivas Devamsam (2nd nomination)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. We can revisit if someone finds sources and happy to putbin draft if someone wants to work on it Spartaz Humbug! 06:32, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Srinivas Devamsam
AfDs for this article: 
 * – ( View AfD View log )

A previous article instance was brought to AfD in February 2019. 's rationale at that time was "Doesn't meet the criteria for WP:CREATIVE. Cinematographers generally need more independent sources than working on a few films to be considered notable.". The AfD closed early with a G11 speedy-deletion. The present article instance is not promotional, consisting mainly of a bare bones table of films on which the subject has worked, with a couple of poor listing references, but that earlier AfD rationale seems appropriate here too. (I also note the article carries maintenance tags that predate this version and in one case the earlier version, indicating some copy-paste.) Searches find passing mentions of the subject as being on the crew for various films, which can help verify the article but evidence of working is not enough to demonstrate attained notability. I should also mention that I removed a couple of article categories concerning industry awards as they were not in the article text; my searches are not finding evidence of awards but if these can be supported they could change the consideration of notability. (See comment below about copy-pasted categories from another biographical article) AllyD (talk) 07:29, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 07:29, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 07:29, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Move to draft Ran a google search and i saw some sources in a language that i don't understand, so move to draft until another editor or the original editor works on it and add more sources.Cheers!Georgiamarlins (talk) 08:49, 26 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete He doesn't seem notable from what I can tell. Which isn't suppressing. Since it's hard for even "Western" Hollywood Cinematographers to be. Sure, the article could be drafted, but my guess is that it either be recreated without improvement and review, or it would just rot. Sure, there might be non-English sources about him, but my guess is that they are trivial name drops that don't establish his notability. One giveaway to that being the case is that there is no non-English language article about him. Usually if someone in India is notable there is an Indian language article on them. Especially if they are in the film industry. So, my guess is that this guy isn't notable. The films he was the Cinematographer for hardly are. --Adamant1 (talk) 12:03, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment: When categories were added to this article in this edit, they appear to be a copy-paste version of those from the P._C._Sreeram article, including copying his awards. AllyD (talk) 13:39, 26 September 2020 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.