Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vilayet Jafri


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The result was delete. Black Kite (talk) 23:33, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Vilayet Jafri

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This page does not meet Wikipedia's Author notability guidelines. There are multiple areas where the article attempts to establish notability, but fails.

The article says he is well known in the entertainment sector in India, yet there seems to be no significant secondary coverage. A breakdown of the article's sources: 1st Source: Does not mention subject 2nd Source: Dead Link 3rd Source: mentions the subject's name once, but there is not enough context to determine if the source is referring to the same person. 4th Source: An editorial, which does not meet Wikipedia's guidelines. 5th Source: A photo gallery.

A google search of the name reveals only 300 results, which consist mainly of either unrelated material, Wikipedia duplicate sites, etc. There also exists no Hindi variant of the page, which is another sign the subject lacks notability.

The article makes numerous bold but false claims, most notably that Mr. Jafri has won an Indian Academy Award in 1989 (which there is no record of) and that he helped create a show called Badhte Kadam, which the article says is the longest running play in Indian history with 482 nights in a row. The problem is that 1. Badhte Kadam appears to be an indian charity, and 2. that there is actual reputable independent coverage of the play 'Hai Mera Dil,' which is the actual longest showing play in India, with over 1,000 showings (source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/With-1098-shows-Hindi-play-among-longest-running-in-Mumbai/articleshow/21889796.cms )

There are also no reviews that I can find of any of his supposedly 9 books, 11 plays, 20+ sound and light productions or any of his radio and TV serials.

The article claims the subject created the play Shatranj Mohre in 1999, but the play is an adaptation of a film of the same name, was Created by P.L.Deshpande, not Vilayet Jafri, and has been performed in India since the 1970s.

Awards: While the article mentions him having won numerous awards, there are no reliable sources to verify this information. In reality, there is information proving the exact opposite. The page states Mr. Jafri won the Tulsi Samman award, yet the sourced list of award winners on the award's page does not mention him. There is also no evidence the "Sanket Samman" award even exists. Going through every award results in either A. The subject not being listed among the award's recepients or B. Not enough verifiable coverage of the award to determine the award even exists.

Conclusion: this article is more than likely a hoax. Nothing the article says is backed up with any evidence whatsoever, with much of the information directly contradicting known facts (most notably having received an Indian Academy Award). No verifiable media coverage can be found. The icing on the cake is this sentence on the original draft of the page:

"Vilayet Jafri was born on 2nd October 1935 in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India to an illustrious family of patriots who stood against the British during the Indian freedom struggle. As a result, his Great Grandfather was sentenced to death while his Grandfather was imprisoned in 1921."

The article was clearly written from a non-neutral point of view and none of the information presented by the article should be considered trustworthy. Propose deletion Firstclass306 (talk) 19:21, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Firstclass306 (talk) 19:21, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Firstclass306 (talk) 19:21, 4 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Page is terrible, but, more to the point, I got only 7 hits in a proquest newspapers search. Mere menitons with the exception of:
 * Vilayet Jafri on directing Ek Jama Do... RODERICKS, INDIRA. The Times of India (1861-current); Mumbai, India [Mumbai, India]23 Mar 2007: B16.  Overall, I am  just not seeing enough to pass WP:CREATIVE or WP:GNG.E.M.Gregory (talk) 01:35, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Just Chilling (talk) 21:01, 11 July 2019 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Just Chilling (talk) 22:40, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2019 July 18.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 23:53, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. North America1000 07:08, 19 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment: there are some sources into article but they has not been cited inline into it. Can you suppoort every sententes of article with RS?Hispring (talk) 18:31, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete The same person had created the page Chandni_Jafri too. Seems the editor is paid and using Wikipedia to promote the specific family. Fails WP:Notability --Harshil169 (talk) 04:34, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. We don't have sources demonstrating notability. Haukur (talk) 11:29, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - lacking significant coverage; he appears to exist but is not notable either. Bearian (talk) 15:33, 24 July 2019 (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.