Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sunil Paul


 * 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 keep. The policy reasons for keeping show the consensus as keep. (non-admin closure)  Onel 5969  TT me 12:20, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Sunil Paul

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I actually considered speedy and PROD and was about to click and save my PROD but finally changed to AfD after this older version so I question whether this article is independently notable and improvable as it seems he may only be an entrepreneur who started some companies but is not notable himself. My original PROD: "Founder of three listed entities but my searches, although, finding several links including mentioning these ventures, showed no solid signs of notability and improvement so this is likely simply be deleted altogether instead of changing to a redirect to one of the two listed company articles.". The searches that found links were this, this and this. Notifying AfC accepter and tagger. SwisterTwister  talk  06:56, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  07:00, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment - This guy is actually discussed quite a bit for Sidecar which is a rather well-known company. I isolated searches here and here which show better results. On one hand, he is mentioned along with his companies when discussed in the media. However, he is known as the founder of those companies so not sure what he would need to do to be independently notable. I'm riding the fence on this one. --CNMall41 (talk) 07:44, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kharkiv07  ( T ) 02:10, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge or Delete: Consider mentioning him in the list of Internet entrepreneurs or anything similar. Otherwise, just delete it as it contains only one source. :( Vincent60030 (talk) 08:20, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - single sourced to nonreliable source. Article reads like a semi-literate PR release.  Smallbones( smalltalk ) 16:52, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep or merge to Sidecar (company). Quite a bit of coverage around (and it's the existence of coverage that matters, not the current state of sourcing in the article), although a lot is in relation to Sidecar:, , , , , , , . Any issues with tone can easily be addressed by editing and are not a good reason to delete. --Michig (talk) 09:42, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger One ping only 11:02, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets WP:BASIC and WP:GNG. Two decades of more-than-passing coverage in the likes of The Washington Post and The New York Times goes well beyond Sidecar. Plenty of independent material from reliable sources is available for a biography:
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 01:24, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Not an especially noteworthy businessman. What's more, his company, Sidecar, is closing its doors on Dec. 31, 2015. Is this man really important enough to warrant an encyclopedia article? This is an encyclopedia, not a Who's Who of Business, right? Chisme (talk) 21:58, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. References restored at 02:58, 25 December 2015 are enough to establish his notability. And the fact that his company Sidecar is closing does not mean that he is not notable. A closed company could be notable. So could be a closed company's founder. --Neo-Jay (talk) 23:21, 31 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep – A notable businessperson who passes WP:BASIC as per the sources provided above. North America1000 01:21, 3 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment – This discussion was closed by the nominator with the rationale "The result was Keep as I'll simply close this myself though quite honestly I still question its notability, I'll let this stay for now and renominate later if needed (NAC)." (diff). Per WP:NACD, "Closing discussions in which you have offered an opinion or for a page in which you have a vested interest (i.e., a page that you have edited heavily) should be avoided. The sole exception is if you are closing your own withdrawn nomination as a speedy keep and all other viewpoints expressed were for keep as well." As such, and also because there are outstanding delete and merge !votes herein, I have re-opened the discussion. North America1000 01:44, 3 January 2016 (UTC)


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