Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tejasvi Surya


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The result was delete. The SandDoctor Talk 04:28, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Tejasvi Surya

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This does not pass our WP:NPOLITICIAN criteria  14:30, 3 April 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arunudoy (talk • contribs)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. --Finngall talk  14:34, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. --Finngall talk  14:34, 3 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete fails WP:NPOLITICIAN since he has not won any election yet and has not held any major post. The recent coverage is only based on him being contesting the Lok Sabha election whose results will be declared in May. WIkipedia should not be used for WP:PROMO or WP:PUFFERY of election candidates. -- D Big X ray ᗙ  17:25, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. The subject clearly does not pass WP:POLITICIAN, as he is an unelected candidate for the Lok Sabha. Maybe some people could make a case for passing the general notability guideline, but I would disagree. Once we discount sources about his candidacy, per the spirit of WP:POLITICIAN, we are just left with news reports of unproven allegations against him and of the injunction he received preventing these allegations being repeated in the Indian media. We should not base an article on these, per WP:NOTNEWS and WP:BLP. If he wins the election the article can be recreated, as he would then pass WP:POLITICIAN. Phil Bridger (talk) 17:31, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Subject has received significant coverage for a media gag order as well as allegations of sexual harassment, but other than that, nothing. Article can possibly be created should the candidate win the election. But till that happens, delete. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 19:26, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. As always, people do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates in elections they haven't won, but this does not make any credible claim that he had preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten him an article anyway, nor cites anywhere near enough sources to render his candidacy a special case over and above everybody else's candidacies. Obviously it can be recreated on or after election day if he wins, but literally nothing here (neither in the substance nor the sourcing) is enough to already get him over the bar today. Bearcat (talk) 16:47, 4 April 2019 (UTC)


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