Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ramdas Kathiababa

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The result was no consensus‎. Star Mississippi 00:10, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ramdas Kathiababa

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I am not convinced that this person is notable. I searched on Google books for independent sources and found Childhood Days, A Memoir, by Satyajit Ray (2000), but it only mentions Ramdas Kathiababa in passing.

The sources in the article were for an earlier version of the article. They are:

Vedanta-Parijata-Saurabha Of Nimbarka And Vedanta-Kaustubha Of Srinivasa (Commentaries On The Brahma-Sutras), by Roma Bose, 1940. This is a three volume work that comments on the Brahma Sutras. No page number is given. I have not checked it. It is likely that it only mentions Ramdas Kathiababa is passing (if at all).
Siddhayogi Ramdas Kathiababa Kon Kon Aloukik Shaktir Adhikari Chhilen, Saptahik Bartaman Patrika (Bengali). 23 July 2011.
A Short Biography of His Holiness Shree 108 Swamy Ramdas Kathia Baba, written in Bengali by his disciple Swamy Santadas, English translation by Sri Amalendu Roy, self published, 1998. Available from exoticindiaart.com. Self-published books are not considered to be reliable sources unless written by acknowledged experts.

Bengali Wikipedia does not cite the above sources. Instead it cites the following webpage: Sri Sri 108 Swami Ramdas Kathiababaji Maharaj spiritualdarshan.in I am not convinced that this is a reliable source, except for the purpose of saying what some people believe, for example: "Sri Ramdas Kathia Babaji Maharaj’s life is full of countless divine incidents ... Sri Ramdasji lived for around 120-125 years." -- Toddy1 (talk) 21:42, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. There are several foreign language books with WP:SIGCOV. If you search for "রামদাস কাঠিয়াবাবা" in google books several sources can be viewed with significant coverage. For example there are several pages of coverage here (biography begins page 41, images of the subject on p. 42 and 43). There are also several journal articles in English that indicate notability such as this source which states " Ramdas Kathiababa , the renowned 19th century saint of Vrindaban" It looks like this source may have SIGCOV but unfortunately it is not viewable beyond snippet view. This journal article mentions a memorial prize named for the subject.4meter4 (talk) 16:07, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 01:58, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: I hate spinning a zero input relist, but with the language issues I feel like closing this as N/C is unhelpful.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 17:36, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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