Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/R. M. Shankara

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. Courcelles 23:02, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

R. M. Shankara

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Subject isn't notable - doesn't meet WP:ATHLETE Dkchana (talk) 21:42, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Shankara is a world champion in his sport, which meets and surpasses the criterion at WP:ATHLETE#Generally acceptable standards criterion 1. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:49, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Passes basic criterion for Notability guidelines for people. See here, Google news archives. Northamerica1000 (talk) 23:38, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Added a reliable source reference to the article: "Striking at the right time." Live Mint & The Wall Street Journal. Northamerica1000 (talk) 23:47, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 23:50, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Clearly meets WP:NSPORT. -DJSasso (talk) 19:37, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - The wording of the nomination is inspecific, stating that the topic doesn't meet WP:ATHLETE guidelines without stating which one(s). Referring to entire pages of guidelines fails to qualify specific reasons for notability or lack thereof, and equates to referring to an entire list of multiple, specific rationales as a singular, generic rationale for article deletion. This equates to stating that an article should be deleted because of any reason on a guideline page, without actually stating any of the criterion on the guideline page to qualify the statement, which is illogical. Assuming the nominator is referring to the basic criterion section of stated guidelines, which part(s) of the guidelines are not being met? All of them? Some of them? None are specifically stated. Northamerica1000 (talk) 09:18, 14 September 2011 (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.