Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kantilal Jivan

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The result of the debate was Keep  (aeropagitica)  16:39, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Kantilal Jivan

A non-notable local historian who has picked up an local environmental award at some point. That's the only thing verifiable about him, and, interestingly, that's not even mentioned in the article.

Awesomely, the article claims he has been visited (not just met, they have visited him Queen Elizabeth II, Mother Theresa, Ian Fleming (who supposedly featured our megastar as a character in his last Bond novel-oh no he did not!), Omar Sharif, and Tony Blair.

He is supposedly a polymath, guru, historian, natural history expert, palmist, vegetarian cook, photographer, artist and sculptor, agronomist and intellectual. So it asserts notability.

Was tagged (by me) with prod, but this was removed. Delete Proto||type 15:48, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete If they can make it less POV, they're welcome to try it again. But as it is, it seems too much like hagiography to be salvageable. Pat Payne 16:25, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Do the Google research, and bear in mind how small the Seychelles is and how seldom news organisations report from there. Kantilal Jivan is probably the most famous living Seychellian (or whatever the term is). I'll add some sources in there later (don't have time now). Vizjim 16:27, 31 March 2006 (UTC) **OK, have added in a couple of sources.Vizjim 16:36, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or do serious rewrite: NPOV, references and sources needed for all these gradiose claims. Way too flowery. -- P199 16:38, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - deletion is not an appropriate remedy for flowery language. For great justice. 16:49, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep A worthy article with a bit of cleanup. - Wezzo (talk) (ubx) 18:40, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Keep, notable enough and written about often enough, e.e., [1]. Monicasdude 20:19, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

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.