Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sunny Tripathy


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Red Phoenix  let's talk... 17:17, 19 September 2014 (UTC) }}

Sunny Tripathy

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Would have put this article under CSD as per WP:A7 and WP:G11 but I need suggestions whether appearing in "magazine" section of a leading newspaper qualifies an individuals notability. The BLP article seems to be noticably inclined towards promotional, complete with an unnecessary "Quotes" section and references about the person being named among the "coolest Indians" by a website with questionable notability. Also, is "Indiawest" a reputed newspaper in the US ?

SaHiL (talk) 05:44, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
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Hello Sahil, Sunny Tripathy has been the international face of the mountain dew brand with billboards spread over London and other European countries. He has been the face of MAJOR Adidas collegiate clothing campaigns. Tripathy has an active developmental contract with 20th Century Fox Television, was crowned Mr. India, has been an impressively active model for over 7 years, and has done comedy stand up tours in Seattle and Los Angeles. He has been featured in 20+ articles chronicling his success and celebrity status. And in addition, he was the front page article for the Times of India in 2013 (reaching over 7 million daily readers) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/US-based-Odia-director-plans-Mahabharata-for-big-screen/articleshow/17970952.cms He is indeed a rising celebrity and this page must stay.


 * Comment: Appearing on billboards doesn't exactly qualify notability . The BLP fails WP:ANYBIO and WP:NMODEL . The Link provided above is not a national coverage ; it is covered only in one city and clearly not frontpage as claimed. Also, can't find any news coverage on the Mr. India crowning episode as well - SaHiL (talk) 10:54, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Below is a link to the event organizer's website: http://spiritofindia.com/index.html (His title of Mr India Global and photo with Mindy Kaling can be found 3/4 the way down on the page) His title is also confirmed in this article (http://dailybruin.com/2014/06/30/keeping-up-with-the-guptas-creator-makes-deal-with-20th-century-fox/) as well as this article (http://urbanasian.com/events-gigs/2013/11/keeping-up-with-the-guptas-creator-hosts-birthday-charity/) I've reached out to the event organizer, Jinnder Chohaan (info@MrIndiaGlobal.com ), and she has confirmed his title. Below is a post from Jinnder herself confirming that Tripathy is the Mr India Global title holder.

As well as the links to the following press photos from the pageant: http://www.donruss199.com/missindiapageant/h1994f191#h1994f191 http://www.donruss199.com/missindiapageant/h17d7dee#h17d7dee


 * Comment : First off, clarifying that Mr. India Global  pageant is not a notable beauty pageant and clearly not to be confused with the much-more-notable Mr. India pageant. This itself nullifies all the notability claims and links that NetPress45 had gone to great lengths to collect - SaHiL (talk) 05:36, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note to NetPress45 : Please do not add too much line breaks to your paragraphs.Try to keep your words compact and together for readability. I have removed the breaks now to avoid the mix-ups between your comments and mine. -- SaHiL (talk) 05:49, 20 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  15:03, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Comment creator stated that he/she is on the marketing team for Tripathy's show: . User:NetPress45 is also an WP:SPA. This information doesn't mean he is or isn't notable, but means we must be extra careful to be sure the article is accurate. Boleyn (talk) 17:39, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 21:23, 6 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. In-depth sources here and here; another source here, a blurb here, another source here, meets WP:GNG requirements for independent, reliable, nontrivial sources.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:30, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep There's enough in the sources from Townulcer (Daily Bruin, New Indian Express, Times of India) providing signficant coverage to establish notability. --j⚛e deckertalk 03:01, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
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