Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr Kuldeepak Singh Kular

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The result was delete. L Faraone 03:55, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dr Kuldeepak Singh Kular[edit]

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Non-notable surgeon. Previously PRODded; PROD removed by IP editor without comment. Still no indication of notability. TJRC (talk) 21:15, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete This article is packed with POV but has a dearth of referencing. Only the EL to the subject's own institution scrapes it past BLP Unsourced at the moment. I did find this article, but it is insufficient to demonstrate biographcal notability. Basically this is a man with a job. AllyD (talk) 06:11, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Sourcing would be non-english, but mentions like this exist. [1] While a small reference, the claim is backed and their is likely more in hindi sources. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 01:57, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As you say though, The Indian Express article is a small mention - effectively a passing quotation in a brief news article - and as I said above seems too light to establish notability for the person. It is also possible, as you say, that there may be sources in other languages, but we can't assume notability on speculation that there may be sources elsewhere? AllyD (talk) 06:03, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Lack of significant sources, fails WP:BASIC: Not the subject of multiple published secondary sources... independent of the subject‎. Tassedethe (talk) 16:43, 8 June 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, L Faraone 01:29, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Responding to ChrisGualtieri; I don't see what the claim to notability here is. He got a mention in a newspaper article, which isn't about him, anyway. (The article strikes me as local cheerleading for the local hospital, noting the remarkability that a UK citizen would come there for treatment.) The closest thing to a notability claim in the article is "He is the pioneer to start the mini gastric bypass surgery in India in 2007." But, assuming that to be true (and glossing the "pioneer" peacocking): does being the surgeon who started a particular surgical procedure in a particular country give rise to notability? I don't think it does. The other stuff (presenting at conferences, membership in societies, having been a student of the not-so-clearly-identified "famous bariatric surgeon Dr Rutledge USA") would be mention-worthy if the individual were notable, but do not have any bearing on the notability issue. TJRC (talk) 19:26, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not notable per WP:ACADEMIC or WP:BIO. Per Google Scholar he has published only three articles in medical journals, and only one of them got any citations at all. This article is basically promotion for his weight-loss surgery practice. --MelanieN (talk) 21:14, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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