Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pratap Simha

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The result was Delete Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 22:53, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pratap Simha[edit]

Taking it here, mainly to empty out Category:Articles with topics of unclear notability from March 2007. Lack of notability Montchav (talk) 13:16, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 14:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Columnist in popular Indian daily newspaper, plentiful sources in Kannada. Catchpole (talk) 15:14, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Can you point to some of those sources? Note that journalists and newspaper columnists, just like any other people, need secondary sources about them; articles written by him do nothing to prove notability. cab (talk) 03:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. cab (talk) 03:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep - He is a columnist in Vijaya Karnataka, which is most circulated daily news paper in the Indian state of Karnataka. His column 'Bettale Jagattu' is one of the much popular columns in that news paper. The column also gets co-published in the ThatsKannada.com portal. - KNM ^Talk 20:15, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- We cannot write an article without secondary sources. Some reliable, intellectually independent source which verifies the claim that he's the most popular columnist of that newspaper, would be a start. Primary sources, like newspaper columns the subject has published himself, do nothing to help prove notability. cab (talk) 19:30, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Useful Info Nagaraj007 (talk) 12:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- WP:USEFUL. cab (talk) 19:30, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Definitely a journalist. However, not every journalist with an occasional column is notable. No sources demonstrating notability here. Relata refero (talk) 16:48, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per KNM. Shyamsunder 09:59, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JERRY ^talk _contribs 03:32, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as failing notability, so unless reliable sources can be found, it's WP:OR. Writers are not per se notable. Bearian (talk) 18:44, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - just another working writer; fails notability check. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:00, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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