Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mathai Manjooran

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) f e minist 07:18, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mathai Manjooran[edit]

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The person is claimed to be a Member of Parliament but little references are available. The article has also not been expanded/more references added in the last 4 years. Adamgerber80 (talk) 17:37, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Searches show various traces of the subject's life and work, for example passing mention of organising a protest [1] [2], and commemorated through memorial lectures [3] and a street name [4]. See also the Google Books link, though the most useful appear to be in snippet form. AllyD (talk) 20:35, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 20:38, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 20:38, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: There is a summary biography in this book which provides enough confirmation that the subject met WP:POLITICIAN criterion 1. (See also this biography.) AllyD (talk) 21:00, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - per Ally Spiderone 11:59, 28 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep with {{refimprove}} tag. Article certainly does need improvement, but reliable sources do verify that he held an WP:NPOL-passing office. Bearcat (talk) 16:44, 28 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, easily verifiable. See [5] p. 157 for reference that he was Minister of Labour. Clearly WP:BEFORE was not performed here. --Soman (talk) 19:50, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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