Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vagbhatananda Gurudevar (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. If a rename is determined necessary at a later time, any editor may do so. — Coffee // have a cup // essay // 20:33, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Vagbhatananda Gurudevar[edit]

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The subject does not appear to meet WP:GNG - I can find no sources other than mirrors etc. In situations such as this we quite often redirect to an institution that the subject founded but in this particular instance we do not have articles for those either and, frankly, they too seem unlikely to be notable. Sitush (talk) 00:18, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I should note that I was unaware of the prior AfD for this subject. However, I'm not finding much in the sources that were raised there. For example, this one contains merely a namecheck in one sentence of a paragraph that contains the names of other people also. That sort of thing is far too skimpy for GNG and it is repeated in the Peasantry, Nationalism, and Social Change in India source that was raised. - Sitush (talk) 00:25, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've found this and some others, which look better. The key seems to be that his WP:COMMONNAME is Vagbhatananda rather than Vagbhatananda Gurudevar. I think the solution here is to rename the article - I'll expand it. - Sitush (talk) 01:03, 18 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

why dont you check this link for details? and this too. Actually i have done a search of words 'Vagbhatananda narayana guru' in books.google.com which fetched close to 100 results.

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Keep, see http://books.google.com/books?id=iJvx0KWpf-UC&pg=PA98 "No doubt, that he had a signficant role in the growth of society in North Malabar", quote by E. M. S. Namboodiripad. Moreover, a biography for him was written in 1971 ([1], published by the "Institute of Vagbhatananda Memorial Research"!), there's some sort a memorial hall in his name ([2]), etc. --Soman (talk) 20:46, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 00:53, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment from searching not a lot is available in english, the society that the subject founded has a website that is in a foriegn language, but from the little searching I did, looks like is a Keep but more diligence has to be done. --Nlfestival (talk) 19:21, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 01:57, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Narayana Guru. Candleabracadabra (talk) 13:34, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Articles such as this one should be sufficient to establish (rel world) notability and write a short articleon the subject. I am neutral as to whether the article is written under the current title, or under Atmavidya Sangham, the organization he founded and is closely identified with. Abecedare (talk) 05:02, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:GNG, based on the sources listed above and in the previous AfD. -- Trevj (talk) 01:03, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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