Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amitabh Pathak

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:52, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Amitabh Pathak[edit]

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fails WP:BIO. I notice this article was created the day his death was reported. being head of police of a state is not inherently notable. the only coverage I've found is of his death or him making statements as a senior police officer. nothing indepth about him as a person. LibStar (talk) 01:07, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Verifiable but article fails WP:BIO, not notable; no controversy either.Wb10versinfo (talk) 06:31, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Without major awards or medals and no media coverage beyond death - hard to make case for notability. There's lots of announcement coverage of death, but he had only been in position as Chief for 6 months so little time to establish notability. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 06:07, 6 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - As a police officer, he was simply doing what all such officers are expected to do. His last position lasted only six months, as it seems he had health issues, so he didn't really have the time to do anything remarkable. Looks like an article created and expanded by well-wishers, especially as it was created on the very day he died abroad when most people would not have known about it. The infobox even gives the names of his wife and children, not mentioned in the three sources cited, which were added later by another contributor. Why is that supposed to be relevant! In fact, although there are three sources, one source is a duplicate press agency report about his death, so all we have is a routine news item about his appointment in February 2013, and the press agency item reporting his death, as he died abroad. Most tourists dying abroad get that sort of coverage, no matter who they are, and the diplomatic mission of their country (mentioned in the press agency report) attends to all related matters. Nothing to do with notability - Zananiri (talk) 16:40, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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