Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mappillai Pallavarayar

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The result was delete. $Salvio$ 08:50, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mappillai Pallavarayar[edit]

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Delete: The article does not meet WP:GNG or WP:BASIC, WP:ANYBIO. WP:BEFORE (JSTOR and Google) revealed no sources providing coverage that addresses the topic directly and in detail. There is only an English transliteration of the name and no citations in the article that could indicate alternatives to search for (in English or other). // Timothy :: talk 04:56, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment just to note that another common spelling of the last name is Pallavairayar (Nicholas Dirks uses that spelling), and it is possible that variants exists which drop the final r. - Sitush (talk) 05:42, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sitush Thank you for that information. I will work on some more BEFORE with it and see if I can find anything. // Timothy :: talk 05:50, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dirks is probably the best bet as the kingdom referred to in the article was one of the "little kingdoms" of S India that he has made a central part of his studies. I do have his Hollow Crown book here but he has written a fair few papers, too. The other angle might be to see what turns up in studies of the Court of Wards (India). Also note that the kingdom itself has various spellings, eg: Thondaiman. I'll try to do some digging myself but would agree that it doesn't look good - I said as much here. - Sitush (talk) 05:58, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done some digging, including academic databases available via Wikipedia Library and my former university. There is nothing about this guy. Therefore, delete. - Sitush (talk) 19:37, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - zero evidence of notability Spiderone 08:26, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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