Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Duporü Vasa

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The result was delete. Barkeep49 (talk) 02:49, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Duporü Vasa[edit]

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I can't find anything online or within the article to prove that this person is a notable evangelist; fails WP:GNG and the article is almost purely WP:OR. Spiderone 16:49, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 16:49, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 16:49, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 18:22, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: After searching without diacritics, I found an obituary (titled "Rev. Duporu Vasa passes away") in The Morung Express, but nothing else in English. As he's apparently from Nagaland, a search in some of the languages spoken there might be useful (but I don't know how to perform that search). AleatoryPonderings (talk) 19:43, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I don't see where the article makes a WP:CCOS. It seems like he was a good, average, normal, unremarkable individual. // Timothy :: talk 13:55, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- His importance rests (if at all) in his being a pioneer in his field. While Christianity is a minority religion in India, Nagaland is overwhelmingly Christian, and more specifically Baptist, making him potentially an important (hence notable) person. The obituary calls him a "pioneer church leader among the Nagas". That ought to make him notable. Peterkingiron (talk) 20:00, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment There is nothing in the article about him being a pioneer in his field, which I'm assuming is ministry or missions. Obits are very often flowery and usually not RS. If he was notable, there should be multiple RS and I don't see any. Most of this article is about his early life, not his Ministry career and that section is completely unreferenced. A good, average, normal, unremarkable individual. // Timothy :: talk 21:26, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Obituaries in reliable sources are certainly acceptable secondary sources unless they are paid for and often have significant coverage. Ive often read harsh obituaries in national newspapers,, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 22:43, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The person lacks the coverage in multiple in-depth reliable sources that they would need to be notable. I don't think flowery language in an obituary about them being a "pioneer" is enough. Nor is it enough if most of the coverage about them is in obituaries. They are fine to use to support a fact in an article, but not when it comes to arguing for a persons notability. --Adamant1 (talk) 04:16, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Whether the subject was a "pioneer" in anything to the degree of reaching notability, that's a matter for significant coverage in reliable sources, or meeting the standards of WP:BIO. He does neither; as Timothy says, he seems to have been a average, normal, unremarkable individual. Ravenswing 23:01, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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