Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Avtar Singh Makkar

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The result was keep. Tone 20:31, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Avtar Singh Makkar[edit]

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Unelected politician. The article fails WP:GNG. Becoming the part of his party's affiliate organization is not enough for passing WP:NPOL. Akhiljaxxn (talk) 20:34, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Akhiljaxxn (talk) 20:34, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As someone generally unfamiliar with the organisation he was president of, it's unclear to me how exactly he's unelected. SportingFlyer T·C 21:15, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:55, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The subject's claim to importance is not as a politician as definied by WP:POLITICIAN, but as the leader of a body managing places of worship, so the appropriate guideline to check against is WP:GNG. Phil Bridger (talk) 09:38, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - SGPC president should suffice for notability. Notably seems all major English-language newspapers covered his death: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/former-sgpc-president-avtar-singh-makkar-passes-away/story-tprB46tAwFcxsOdiL0Fy0L.html , https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/former-sgpc-chief-avtar-singh-makkar-passes-away/articleshow/72914313.cms , https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ludhiana/former-sgpc-president-jathedar-avtar-singh-makkar-cremated-in-ludhiana/ , https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/former-sgpc-president-avtar-singh-makkar-dies-after-a-brief-illness-119122001507_1.html , https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/former-sgpc-president-avtar-singh-makkar-passes-away/1690964 , etc. --Soman (talk) 12:04, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:13, 13 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:57, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep -- per Soman, as meeting WP:GNG, and as having a better claim to notability than many of our WP:SNGS find enough for "presumption" of it. The organisation he was the president of, is described as an "apex body" of Sikhism. The obits linked above have enough WP:SIGCOV for a balanced, neutral, encyclopedic biography on the subject, which is what WP:GNG is all about. Best, Usedtobecool ☎️ 12:38, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets GNG per above sources. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 00:15, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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