Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Geeta Seshu

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The result was delete. Randykitty (talk) 12:00, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Geeta Seshu[edit]

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There are no sources that establish notability for the subject. Since the subject is a freelance journalist, she is probably writing for several news agencies and online media platforms. Most of the Google search results are author pages (like user-pages) on several sites, but not about the subject itself. There are other sources which mention her, but don't meet, WP:GNG: "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" KCVelaga (talk) 04:55, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. KCVelaga (talk) 04:57, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. KCVelaga (talk) 04:57, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. KCVelaga (talk) 04:57, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, KCVelaga (talk) 05:51, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

keep - I added some more sources. The Hoot is a media watchdog in India. She is a senior journalist and there is coverage as well as articles on important subjects. I will add to the page. Sparebug (talk) 00:00, 7 April 2019 (UTC) Blocked sock. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vidyutblogger. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 19:35, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:00, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Does not cross the threshold of WP:Notability (people) specifically WP:JOURNALIST. When I see several references I have a certain amount of questioning why there is an AFD. Initially discounting the Hoot the subject worked for I just randomly picked Medianama (Subtitle: Can self-regulation even work?) that supports content "She is an influential voice on media in India.". There is zero mention in the source that I could find to back up the puff words. Adding content and irrelevant sources to bolster notability is original research. I next looked at references for "Geeta is a prominent supporter of rights of women journalists and vocal about threats to them.". The first reference "Newslaundry" is nothing more than a laundry list of news captions. Apparently the subject did not stand out as I missed any mention after scrolling down for a good while. The second source "Rana Ayyub on global list of journalists under threat: Abuse of those pursuing truth must be stemmed with govt action" centers on journalist and author Rana Ayyub and the subject did make comments on threats to journalists. It also stated the subject was a former consulting editor for Hoot and co-founder of the "Free Speech Collective". #1 of NJOURNALIST (1- The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors) would be coverage by peers writing on her like she did Rana Ayyub. I could not corroborate being co-founder of "Free Speech Collective" that might be important enough to pass WP:JOURNALIST #3 and possibly #2. A subject just being a journalist is not notable. The number of full time journalists in India alone would be staggering with over 100,000 registered papers and considering free-lance the numbers could be over 2 million journalists world-wide (ex. 83,000 in the US, 84,000 in the UK, and 100,000 in Italy) so there needs to be clear indication the subject is "worthy of notice" more than just being put on a list. --- Otr500 (talk) 14:47, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete not WP:GNG Lubbad85 (☎) 17:25, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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.