Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Swami Premananda of Trichy

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The result was   Keep (non-admin closure) /Oo7565 (talk) 22:23, 8 July 2008 (UTC)"

Swami Premananda of Trichy

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Religious leader only known for his criminal activity. He is a non notable. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 14:20, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Weak keep no strong opinion about this, but his case and conviction was big news at the time. Tintin 14:36, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

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 * Weak keep I lead to its creation, but I'm going more weak as I have doubts. Do we have anyone in India who would know whether he's notable there?--T. Anthony (talk) 21:32, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions.   —Ism schism (talk) 14:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.   —Ism schism (talk) 14:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. He was still attracting attention from the world's two highest circulation English language non-tabloid newspapers five and eight years after his conviction. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:37, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Swami Premananda is a well known spiritual leader, particularly in Tamil Nadu, India and his native Sri Lanka. The case against him was high profile, involving the famous lawyer Ram Jethmalani. He's been in the news very recently as well regarding his health  -- Jagadishwaran (talk • contribs) 20:02, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
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