Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sayantan Basu

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The result was soft delete. WP:REFUND applies. Missvain (talk) 17:09, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sayantan Basu[edit]

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Losing candidate in election. Fails WP:NPOL. S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 12:53, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 12:53, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:59, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I've added some sources such as Scroll.in and Business Standards. It passes second clause of WP:POLITICIAN. Lunar Clock (talk) 19:04, 12 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:NPOL.Celestina007 (talk) 12:15, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. People do not get Wikipedia articles just for running as candidates in elections they did not win — the notability test at WP:NPOL is holding office, not just running for it. Rather, to get an article, Sayantan Basu would have to pass one of two other tests: either (a) he can be demonstrated and reliably sourced as having already had preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten him an article anyway (as e.g. Cynthia Nixon), or (b) he can be referenced to a depth and range and volume of reliable source coverage that plainly marks his candidacy out as much more special than other people's candidacies for some reason that would pass the ten-year test for enduring significance. The existence of a small handful of routine campaign coverage does not accomplish that in and of itself, because every candidate in every election can always show a small handful of routine campaign coverage. Bearcat (talk) 16:45, 13 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:TNT and Bearcat. Tell me if you can figure out what this person has done that's notable. Reading between the broken English, it appears he's a run of the mill local party official and activist. Bearian (talk) 18:09, 14 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Sayantan Basu is the General Secretary of the State of West Bengal of the largest political party in India. According to the news link, Basu is notable enough. Pinakpani (talk) 08:48, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"General Secretary of the State of X of Y political party" is not a notability freebie that exempts a person from having to get over WP:GNG on the sources. Doesn't matter whether it's the biggest party or the smallest party or the middlest party — it's never an "inherently" notable role at all. Bearcat (talk) 02:16, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note to closing admin: Pinakpani (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this AfD.S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 09:13, 15 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Unless the person has done something notable with his/her position, holding a title does not make him/her notable. PenulisHantu (talk) 05:34, 19 January 2020 (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.