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Authors

Paul Rogat Loeb

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Article only contains 1 source and makes lots of uncited claims. Not finding coverage to meet WP:AUTHOR or WP:BIO. LibStar (talk) 05:25, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Ahmad Ali Karim

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Pundit whose article is primarily sourced to pieces written by themself, and is really only known for WP:ONEEVENT – the controversial filing a report for sedition against the Chief Minister Ohc ^{revolution of our times} 13:42, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nom. This is a clear case of WP:ONEEVENT and the subject is the author of several of the sources cited - that makes the sources more of primary sources than independent secondary sources. Patre23 (talk) 15:25, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Jayshree Misra Tripathi

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This article does not meet the criteria outlined in WP:GNG or WP:AUTHOR the specific notability guidelines and the sources cited in this article are not considered as WP:SIG. 𝒮-𝒜𝓊𝓇𝒶 18:44, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Nagamani Srinath

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Fails WP:NMUSICIAN and WP:GNG. Winning an award does not grant inherent notability. Sources are mainly WP:NEWSORGINDIA. CNMall41 (talk) 18:29, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - per nom. SachinSwami (talk) 18:50, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Per Nomination Destinyokhiria (talk) 07:23, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shantanu Naidu

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Fails to establish notability independent of his association with Ratan Tata, per WP:GNG, WP:AUTHOR, WP:BIO, and WP:INHERITED.

His startups do not meet WP:NCORP due to modest scale and event-specific reporting, and the book lacks significant critical reviews or awards to satisfy WP:AUTHOR. Zuck28 (talk) 17:16, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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@Zuck28, Before taking any abrupt or random action, always ensure proper research is done and all sources are thoroughly verified. Acting without accurate information can lead to serious consequences and misunderstandings. 𝒮-𝒜𝓊𝓇𝒶 18:36, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Vinod Sharma

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Subject does not meet Wikipedia’s notability criteria for a standalone article under Wp:GNG, Wp:BIO or Wp:ACADEMIC.

While Sharma is associated with a Guinness World Record for the largest memory lesson (2018), there is insufficient significant coverage in multiple reliable, secondary sources to establish notability. Zuck28 (talk) 16:56, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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delete none of these sources are WP:SIGCOV that I can see, they are short blurbs (even those that I could translate from Hindi). A world record by itself does not confer notability especially as these can be essentially purchased. Clearly doesnt pass WP:NPROF. --hroest 18:27, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Dear! @Hannes Röst, No, Guinness World Records titles cannot be purchased. 𝒮-𝒜𝓊𝓇𝒶 19:01, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, they can, pretty much. They're a marketing gimmick from a novelty publisher. Stepwise Continuous Dysfunction (talk) 05:23, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
How ? Any reference or Discussion available ? 𝒮-𝒜𝓊𝓇𝒶 09:15, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This article meets notability guidelines under WP:GNG and WP:BIO according to sources. The subject has received significant coverage in reliable, independent sources.𝒮-𝒜𝓊𝓇𝒶 19:00, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

David A. Andelman

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Doesn't seem to be notable. My searches on Google came up with only a French article about him receiving an award. The page is heavily edited by the subject of the article. Pxldnky77 (talk) 10:52, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. There are so many reasons that autobiography is inevitably bad for a non-profit encyclopedia: it involves original research, the subject wants to censor out the uncomfortable truths about themselves, and it's a breach of our charitable status, as self-dealing, which tax status is already being attacked by the richest man in the World and his once again BFF. Bearian (talk) 18:55, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Christopher Snowdon

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Previous PROD (endorsed and deleted) for a subject who has no secondary sources, does not meet WP:NAUTHOR nor WP:JOURNALIST. The subject's claim to a PhD cannot be verified - I wrote to the alleged awarding institution as neither I nor others could find any PhD and the institution provided no information. The restoration of this one seems to have been an error, caught up in this mass restore of soft deleted articles [1] where discussion shows that the dePRODer intended to restore sports bios PRODed by a particular user, but included this one apprently by accident. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 07:42, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: Fails WP:SIRS so fails WP:GNG. UtherSRG (talk) 11:08, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete—Fails all of the above. This is a waste of time. Anwegmann (talk) 21:40, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yasmeen Hanoosh

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Apparent subject request: talk:Yasmeen_Hanoosh#Please_delete_page ···sardonism · t · c 08:10, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: Appears to clearly fall short of WP:SIGCOV from what I have been able to gather, thus I think we should lean in favour of granting the request. ···sardonism · t · c 08:19, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete. I can only find one review of her books[2] and no profiles. However, the reason for this !vote is lack of notability and not "security concerns". The article is no more a security concern than the subjects LinkedIn page or her faculty profile. Jahaza (talk) 16:39, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I found the same review on JSTOR 27099782 and another review of her translation of someone else's book on JSTOR 23062852. It's not enough to pass WP:AUTHOR for me, and definitely not enough to provide the clear case for notability needed to keep an article in the face of a WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE, assuming that can be verified. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:12, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Her faculty page and the linked cv seem to include most of the content of this article so it's difficult to understand how our article poses a risk. It would be better for her to go through the formal system to request this deletion (but on a quick look around I can't find this: Wikipedia:FAQ/Article subjects just refers someone wanting their article deleted to go to Wikipedia:Deletion policy; Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Dealing_with_articles_about_yourself doesn't seem to address requests for article removal, only for removal of specific content). We do not know that the IP requesting deletion is the article subject rather than someone else wishing to remove her from Wikipedia. PamD 07:59, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@PamD you're looking for WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE. It's further down on WP: Biographies of Living Persons than the "Dealing with articles about yourself" section. Jahaza (talk) 09:57, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jahaza That still doesn't help the reader much: It says to use AfD or "requesting that a member of the Volunteer Response Team do so", which gives a link to Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team. There, it says "To contact the volunteer response team, please see Wikipedia:Contact us.", with a link to Wikipedia:Contact us/Readers, with a link to Wikipedia:Contact us/Article subjects. There, there are instructions about making a COI edit request, and "If this does not help, or for further information, see Wikipedia:FAQ/Article subjects.", but Wikipedia:FAQ/Article subjects#How can I get rid of the article about myself or my company? just refers them back to the deletion policy. Not great. PamD 11:17, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The final paragraph of Wikipedia:Contact us is useful, but likely to be overlooked as the left-hand margin has a clear link to Wikipedia:Contact us/Article subjects, which an article subject is likely to follow: that page seems to provide less, rather than more, information for someone like this person who wants their article deleted. PamD 11:21, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. she fails WP:NPROF and WP:NAUTHOR with a single review of a single book (I will not count the review of a translation). She is at best marginally notable, most likely not notable at all. In this case deletion is the prudent course of action independent of the deletion request. --hroest 18:22, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Hanoosh became notable last week, because she was placed on administrative leave on Friday June 6, 2025. Please consider this deletion carefully, since it is important news.

https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2025/06/07/portland-state-university-places-professor-on-leave-after-video-shows-her-saying-i-am-hamas/ 129.95.164.214 (talk) 09:26, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do Not Delete. This is an evolving news event. The faculty member is notable for past statements and a conflict with the university president. 129.95.164.214 (talk) 09:57, 9 June 2025 (UTC)— 129.95.164.214 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Delete per WP:BLPDELETEREQUEST; the comment by IP 129... makes it clear that the somewhat vague description by the requestor of this article as a "security threat" is a genuine case of "real-world harm identified by the subject". 173.79.19.248 (talk) 01:31, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per subject request and borderline notability on either WP:NPROF or GNG (at least at present; 129.95.164.214 is right that this is an evolving event; but does not seem to be turning into larger coverage that would warrant keeping). -- Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert (talk) 09:35, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ritam Chowdhury

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Declined prod. Created by a single purpose editor. Only 2 sources, 1 being Amazon that doesn't even mention Chowdhury. Does not meet WP:AUTHOR, WP:PROF or WP:BIO. Note that a single purpose editor has been editing this article so possible WP:COI. LibStar (talk) 04:05, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I went through the list of edits and noticed that multiple minor edits along the way had deleted many citations and references for this page slowly over time. Tried adding a few things back in. Not sure the subject of this page is actively keeping tabs on these edits. Would recommend against deletion at this time. Freddiced (talk) 04:11, 6 June 2025 (UTC)— Freddiced (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
@Freddiced, do you know or have any connection to Ritam Chowdhury? LibStar (talk) 04:13, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@LibStar Know as in i know the page as i had edited it a long time ago. Beyond that no - dont know this person IRL or have any connections personal or professional with them. Freddiced (talk) 04:20, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Freddiced, so why have you edited this article after 7 years not editing? LibStar (talk) 04:23, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@LibStarLike i said im not a regular editor. I help when i can. I had some time to kill today. Was just checking on the pages i had edited in the past and noticed the notice for deletion on this one specifically. Tried to fix some of it. Apologies if I overstepped. Upto you and other senior mods/editors if yall want to delete this or other pages. Thanks! Freddiced (talk) 04:28, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LibStar noticed a lot of the information on this page since has been deleted slowly over time. this also included actual references and citations. im not a professional wikipedia contributor. Freddiced (talk) 04:22, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete as per nom and fails to pass GNG, SIGCOV and nauthor. Fade258 (talk) 09:26, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – All sources are of poor quality, and no sources are found on Google either. I agree with LibStar's opinion. Importantly, the page creator Lsmithcoops [3] (2015-02-04) and Freddiced [4] (2015-02-05) have their account IDs registered with a one-day difference. - SachinSwami (talk) 20:01, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Chavez

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Delete. This article was created by a paid editor (User:CJ for superset) and later defended by another paid editor (User:Lauren at L Strategies), who disclosed being compensated by Laurel Strategies to represent Tom Chavez (see disclosure).

The article fails WP:GNG — there is no significant, in-depth, independent coverage of the subject in reliable secondary sources. References such as TechCrunch and Business Insider are not independent coverage but rather pay-to-play or brief startup mentions that fail to demonstrate notability. There are no profiles, features, or critical discussions of the subject that meet Wikipedia’s standards.

This article has seen no neutral editorial participation and reads like a press release. The promotional tone and sourcing violate WP:NPOV and WP:NOTPROMO, and the COI history undermines the integrity of the content. Cumulus-wizard-1850 (talk) 02:03, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - just a mess of paid-editor churnalism. Obvious WP:PROMO material. ロドリゲス恭子 (talk) 17:14, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To be clear, the article was created as a draft and published to mainspace after review by an apparently neutral editor.

The "defence" complained of consists solely of removing the nom's PROD template—an acceptable action, CoI having been previously declared.

I have just outlined in depth in response to the nom's WP:COIN ticket on this article why "the COI history undermines the integrity of the content" is badly over-egging the case. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:05, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Andy. I raised the COI point only because all substantive text was written by the paid drafter, with only cosmetic tweaks since, and the PROD tag was removed by another COI editor. I wanted to deter a Delete discussion dominated solely by COI arguments so the wider community can decide.

Putting COI aside, the sourcing remains thin: one 2001 Los Angeles Times feature that profiles the Chavez family rather than Tom specifically, plus routine deal coverage in TechCrunch, Business Insider, a brief WSJ item, and several self-published or op-ed pieces. There is no in-depth, independent coverage of Chavez himself, so the article does not satisfy WP:GNG. — Cumulus-wizard-1850 (talk) 01:28, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If this is designed to "deter a Delete discussion dominated solely by COI arguments", what would your attempt to ensure one look like? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:15, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The only thing I find that is a reliable source and independent and significantly about him is the SF Examiner article, and that is not enough for GNG. I see mentions, some nice articles about his parents, and reporting on companies that his companies funded. He is undoubtedly successful but the sourcing just isn't there. I will keep an eye on this in case someone finds better sources. Lamona (talk) 03:50, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Thanks everyone for weighing in here. As mentioned above by Pigsonthewing, the subject was deemed notable and published by a neutral editor, Megalibrarygirl, after review. This was published after the article was created as well, and I believe it would be considered in-depth coverage. Lastly, I'll point out that this nomination curiously appears to have come from a WP:SPA; as a disclosed COI editor myself, I hope we are all operating in good faith. Lauren at L Strategies (talk) 14:05, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at the Fastcompany article, and although it is long it is more anecdotal than informational, more informal than analytical. I'm confident it could be used to support certain facts, but it is low on detail. His entire career from 1998 to 2016 is covered in a single paragraph, one sentence per startup, with statements so vague I have no idea what their business really was. I also want to mention that sources 7, 8, & 9 are not independent, and better sources are needed for their content. Lamona (talk) 03:50, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tahzeeb Hafi

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Not a notable poet, writer, and engineer. Fails Wp:GNG.–𝐎𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐥 𝐐𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢 ʕʘ̅͜ʘ̅ʔ 12:30, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - Clear case of WP:TOOSOON. Zakaria ښه راغلاست (talk) 00:31, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - mostly featured only on Native Poetry sites, and social Media sites, have yet to find SIGCOV for the subject, has potential though given his growing following in the social media space, Ok with Draftify as an ATD to have the subject be more notable over time .Lorraine Crane (talk) 23:44, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Christian Tschuggnall

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Refbombed promotion for non notable musician. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. Has drummed with a lot of projects but lacks independent notability. duffbeerforme (talk) 03:11, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep There is sufficient significant coverage that satisfies GNG requirements to show the subject's notability as a musician. CresiaBilli (talk) 06:29, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WP:VAGUEWAVE, WP:SOURCESEXIST. You have not identified any actual coverage. One of multiple throw away boilerplate !votes recently from this individual. duffbeerforme (talk) 10:15, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kindly refrain from duplicating your identical content beneath all my votes and comments.CresiaBilli (talk) 12:10, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: so far, i don't see the significant coverage in indepentent sources to pass gng, at least with what is currently cited in the article. Tschuggnall seems to have co-written a textbook; finding a lot of websites to buy it online, but no in-depth coverage about him. I'll try to find more sources the next days. Nyamo Kurosawa (talk) 21:12, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - total lack of significant coverage in reliable sources. Facebook, his own website, blogs, and sources about other people don't contribute to notability. Bearian (talk) 16:30, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: wasn't able to find independent wp:sigcov of him; almost every piece of online coverage is either passing mentions or not independent. I couldn't assess this paywalled source. Nyamo Kurosawa (talk) 12:55, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I Rivers

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This article is about an anonymous person, with the only source being an interview (cited on the publisher’s website). The article mainly consists of a long quote from a book review. I couldn’t find any independent in-depth sources to establish notability for this person. Blackballnz (talk) 00:49, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: So an anonymous author publishes a book and there's no sourcing 20 years later? That doesn't get you notability... I can't find any sources, and the one in the article isn't good enough... There just isn't enough for an article. Oaktree b (talk) 00:59, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Andrei Popescu (author)

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Seems like a pretty random guy, with no in-depth coverage, just some self-generated, promotional profiles. Biruitorul ^Talk 18:22, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: not a vote (yet) but I don't think the article title is sufficient to differentiate this Andrei Popescu from possibly 1-2 other academics with the same name. I am having a hard time finding information about the crypto Popescu compared to the mathematician Popescu. Moritoriko (talk) 00:21, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: the method would be to search in conjunction with his books. Geschichte (talk) 06:40, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: In my searching I have found the textbook but it is pretty recent so nothing shows that it is notable (yet). Looking at his and other finance gscholar profiles he seems to be in the low-mid range for cites, primarily buoyed off two papers. As for business profiles everything I saw is connected to him or not good enough source wise. comment: the following is not part of my delete opinion but the author is currently under sock investigation as part of a multi-year promotional sock-farm. Moritoriko (talk) 09:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Samir Saran

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The article does not meet Wikipedia’s rules for biographies of notable people (WP:NBIO). Even though Samir Saran has important roles at the Observer Research Foundation and The Asia Group, there aren’t enough reliable news articles that talk about him in detail. Most of the sources either come from him or only mention him briefly. The few news sources that do mention him (like The Indian Express or ThePrint) are either opinion pieces, short articles he wrote himself. WP:NOTCV. Charlie (talk) 14:38, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment Seems notable at firstglance but needs to be cited with more reliable news reference and the trimming of content needed.Almandavi (talk) 06:12, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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*Comment - The books "The New World Disorder and the Indian Imperative"[5] and "PAX SINICA: Implications for the Indian Dawn" [6], written by Samir Saran, have reviews that explicitly mention his name. These books have been described as balanced and thought-provoking in reviews published in The Hindu and Business Standard, ensuring they do not come across as one-sided or propagandistic. Additionally, Saran’s co-authors (Tharoor and Dev) have balanced his perspectives, making the books feel like part of an intellectual discourse rather than propaganda. Saran also writes as a columnist for The Hindu [7], Indian Express [8], Hindustan Times [9], and ThePrint [10]. Furthermore, there is an New Statesman interview source focusing on Samir Saran’s views as an expert on India-US relations, global politics, and India’s geopolitical role, highlighting his contributions and influence as the president of the Observer Research Foundation and a foreign policy analyst[11]. -SachinSwami (talk) 15:20, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Samir Saran is neither a subject-matter expert nor has he undertaken any formal research on the topics he frequently writes about, which range from the depths of the Earth to the core of the Sun. He currently heads a think tank that receives funding from his former employer, Reliance Industries Limited. So, let's not overglorify his role as a babysitter of retired bureaucrats and professionals—many of whom have previously done favors for Reliance and are now being accommodated in that very think tank (read here for more details). Besides all of these, co-authoring books by piggy backing on others and then arranging for them to be reviewed holds little value unless his own individual contributions have genuine impact within academic circles. So at this moment or any given moment, he neither satisfies WP:NAUTHOR or WP:NPROF. Charlie (talk) 02:47, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I withdraw my comment. I agree with the nominator. SachinSwami (talk) 06:14, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Scott D. Alldridge

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Doing a Google search turned up more primary and sponsored sources, but it doesn't seem like there's sigcov for him or his companies and books. BuySomeApples (talk) 21:51, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep – [I've added two more citations to the page. I believe that with a bit more research, we can find additional reliable sources. Overall, the article looks good to me it's concise, non-promotional, and the information is supported by citations.] Black890 (talk) 21:31, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As @Lamona: pointed out the Deadlines seems like a copy of the MSN press release, so not aa new source. The podcast link and press release about his MBA also don't count as SIGCOV. There isn't a single reliable source on the page. BuySomeApples (talk) 17:43, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The MSN article and the Deadlines are the same article under two different bylines and the MSN byline links to this page of someone who claims to be a travel writer. I suspect a company-prepared press release. I am going to declare those two unreliable on this basis. The TechyNews gives no "about" and nothing to use to evaluate its reliability, and it seems to be a "kitchen sink" web site. The Healthcare IT news is the sound file of an interview (not independent). His book is listed on Amazon as "Publisher: Self Publisher". Lamona (talk) 23:49, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Wayne Wightman

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A decent author and professor that wrote some interesting short stories that by and large seems to have escaped notability to live a quiet life. Nothing in the article claims notability and other than his name being included in a couple lists of science fiction authors I can't find any independent information about him. (But give some of his short stories on TWL a read maybe) Moritoriko (talk) 02:20, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge It would be great if here at Wikipedia we could keep up the level of coverage found in the secondary sources as described in the nomination and the sources in the article. I expect that there is not enough for stand-alone notability, so a merge as WP:Alternative to deletion would be best. The main question is where. List of science fiction writers unfortunately does not offer itself to merge in accordance with the suggestion of WP:ATD-M, so I guess Tachyon Publications, where Wightman is already mention, would be best. Open to other suggestions. Daranios (talk) 07:13, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What information from this article would you merge? The fact that he wrote for Thirteenth Moon and the name of his (only?) book are already on the Tachyon page. His name is on the Future on Fire page (but unlinked interestingly). That leaves his education and employment at a community college which I don't believe belong on a different page. Moritoriko (talk) 08:19, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, thinking about it, content-wise I would like it best to WP:PRESERVE everything except the sentence about his degrees, maybe shortening the occupation. That's the problem with the deletion request. That kind of information would be worthwhile for the encyclopedia, but without a separate article I don't know if it fits into any existing target. Additionally, Wightman contributing in Amazing Stories should be added based on The History of the Science-fiction Magazine Volume 3, p. xix, and his year of birth based on isfdb. Daranios (talk) 11:13, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Has a decent portfolio of SF publications but without much evidence of attention to them, of a type that might lead to WP:GNG or WP:AUTHOR notability, and obviously his community-college teaching position is not going to pass WP:PROF. I found one short review of one short story, and three long-list nominations for a minor award. That's not enough. Wikipedia is not the Internet Speculative Fiction Database nor should we aim to include everything that can be found there. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:06, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. It fails to show general notability guidelines, significant coverage and nauthor. Fade258 (talk) 09:22, 6 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Manuel Asur

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Language problems may be why I can’t identify sources, but I’ve never before seen an article with entries in multiple language Wikipedias none of which are sourced, and I also note a number of self-published books. Doug Weller talk 18:10, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article should definitely not have been created directly in mainspace in this condition; it's completely unsourced, and I can't find any third-party sources on Google either. Needs to be either deleted or moved to draft where the creator can work on it. Bishonen | tålk 21:16, 28 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]
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IIRC there is at least one institute for the preservation or recovery of the Asturian language. It may be worth looking there for support. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 11:57, 29 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]
: Academy of the Asturian Language, Asur is a member. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 13:03, 29 May 2025 (UTC).[reply]
Keep I have found and added some sources, dating from 1986 to 2025 - easy to find by searching Google Scholar or Google Books. I do not read Spanish (or Asturian), so would need to copy and paste more into Google Translate in order to add more info and refs to the article - but there is certainly scholarly writing about his writing, so he meets WP:AUTHOR. RebeccaGreen (talk) 12:30, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good to me. Keep All the best: Rich Farmbrough 08:21, 3 June 2025 (UTC).[reply]

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Sharif Malikah

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Nothing to establish notability—citations appear to be non-notable news websites. M.A.Spinn (talk) 22:41, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment it looks to me like the author is probably notable, but that the transliteration of his name, also spelled "Sherif Meleka" and other ways! is giving us issues. His novel Suleiman's Ring is reviewed I think here[12](I don't have access), here[13](last page) and here[14]. --Jahaza (talk) 23:21, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully someone can search in Arabic? The Yale University library, among other places seem to be collecting his books[15].Jahaza (talk) 23:48, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The first point re: the reception of his novel seems worth a double check. Given that Yale has 14.9 million volumes in its holdings however I do not think that is sufficient to establish notability. M.A.Spinn (talk) 23:51, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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@Jahaza Have you come to a conclusion on Malikah's notability? Toadspike [Talk] 22:43, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Syed Shah Israil

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This article fails to meet the notability guidelines as outlined in WP:N. The subject is not the focus of any significant coverage in reliable, independent sources. The few mentions that do exist are passing and do not provide the depth of material necessary to support a standalone article. Most of the sources cited are either not about the subject or use it only as a brief example without substantial analysis or dedicated discussion. Given the lack of notability and meaningful coverage, the article does not justify its own space. Deletion or merging into a broader, more relevant topic (if applicable) would be more appropriate. Retaining it in its current state risks violating Wikipedia’s standards. Jaunpurzada (talk) 21:15, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - both the context and sourcing doesn't explain why he's notable. Where are the reviews of his works? Where are the compendiums or other collections? Bearian (talk) 01:40, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Sylhetis#Other languages. The deepest source is a single paragraph, half of which is about who he was descended from, about his uncle, and about one of his sons. The remainder is just two sentences: "[Syed Israil] was a sufi saint well known for his high proficiency in Arabic and Persian. He was also known as the Malek-ul-Ulama, well-versed in both Arabic and Persian: he wrote Madanul Fauaed in Persian in 914 Hijri." The other sources manage to cover the same ground in one sentence each. Because of the absence of significant coverage, this shouldn't be a stand alone article. --Worldbruce (talk) 05:32, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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