Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ezhilan Naganathan

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The result was moved to Draft:Ezhilan Naganathan, pending potential coverage that may arise with development certain to occur within the next six months. BD2412 T 20:05, 5 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ezhilan Naganathan[edit]

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WP:BLP of an activist and political candidate, not reliably sourced as passing our inclusion standards. As always, people do not get Wikipedia articles just for running as candidates in elections they have not won -- the notability test for politicians is holding office, not running for it. But this is not properly demonstrating that he has preexisting notability for other reasons that would have gotten him a Wikipedia article independently of his candidacy -- it's written like a résume, heavily overbolded, and referenced two-thirds to primary sources and YouTube videos that are not support for notability at all. And of the two sources that are actually real media, one is a very short blurb about him being appointed to a not-inherently notable position on a committee and the other is a glancing namecheck of his existence in an article that isn't about him, so neither of those sources are getting him over WP:GNG either.
The only reason I'm not speedying this is that it's a recent rewrite of a stub that's already been here for six years -- but just reverting the advertorialism doesn't fix the problem, because the old stub wasn't properly demonstrating or sourcing any actual notability either. Bearcat (talk) 19:10, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:10, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 19:10, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: fails NPOL. --RaviC (talk) 11:55, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete does not meet our notability guidelines for politicians.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:09, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep : Dr. Ezhilan Naganathan has over a decade’s experience in the field of infectious diseases, preventive medicine and diabetology. He has been a leading voice against the implementation of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in Tamil Nadu for MBBS admissions. Reliable sources here below:

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/leading-voice-against-neet-who-dmk-s-thousand-lights-candidate-dr-ezhilan-145123
https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/tamil-nadu-assembly-election/importance-of-neet-in-tamil-nadu-assembly-elections-101615806185065.html
--Madhusmitabishoi (talk) 14:59, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To be notable enough for a Wikipedia article, a person has to be the subject of a significant volume of reliable source coverage and analysis about his work. It's not enough to just offer one or two pieces of verification that he's had jobs — there have to be numerous sources analyzing why his work in those jobs can be seen as significant. There is no job that any person can hold that makes them so "inherently" notable that they're exempted from having to pass WP:GNG on their sourcing, and just showing two footnotes verifying that he's done stuff is not enough to get him over GNG. Bearcat (talk) 15:24, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Can't soft-delete due to contrary view expressed here, as persuasive as the nomination is. Relisting for additional input.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 03:41, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete WP:TOOSOON, subject needs to win the 2021 election before meriting any space on Wikipedia. -- Eatcha 05:32, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Draft Subject is contesting an election on 6th April 2021 and the result is expected on May 2nd.Hence feel it best to draft rather than delete and the article which was created in 2015.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 16:59, 4 April 2021 (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.

As per Election results announced by today, he will become an MLA of Thousand Lights. I believe now the person meet our notability guidelines for politicians . Shall I move this to mainspace? -Neechalkaran (talk) 15:34, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]