Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mehr Tarar

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. There seems to be a rough consensus that she falls under WP:BLP1E. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:07, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mehr Tarar[edit]

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Does not meet any WP:Notability standard. She had an online run-in with a minor celebrity. Her name should be mentioned in the Sashi Tharoor and Sunanda Pushkar arcticles. But she should not have an article herself. — Bill W. (Talk) (Contrib) — 12:39, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Shashi Tharoor is not 'minor' celebrity. The affair or whatever with this lady and subsequent death of his wife is going to have impact on his political career. Hence subject meets WP:LASTING for notability. Abhi (talk) 14:12, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete without prejudice to revisiting the subject once more can be said about its lasting results/effects; merge/move usable information into Sashi Tharoor and Sunanda Pushkar if possible or very weak move (and adapt) to an article about the affair/scandal/what will you.

Both Sashi Tharoor and Sunanda Pushkar are notable. Mehr Tarar currently is not; she falls square into the category WP:1E and/or WP:BLP1E as person notable for one event, for an event that is in my opinion borderline-notable.

Said event might qualify for an article of its own, but would in my opinion currently still run afoul of WP:NOTNEWS and WP:SENSATION as I believe no lasting effect has yet been proven or made likely; that is to say, it will likely have some effect but it cannot yet be said if this will be lasting or of a notable degree. It may have an impact on his (Shashi Tharoor's) political career, but I believe it is too soon to say so for sure; and even then it would to a degree depend on how much of an impact to decide whether or not a separate article is justified; so long as the event itself is not yet notable enough for an article, someone known solely for their part in that event will almost certainly not be either. Not quite every event that is notable enough to mention on the article of a notable person for its impact on them is also notable enough for an article of its own.

That does not mean the event is automatically non-notable, but neither is it automatically notable, and I believe that for sensitive events involving living (or recently dead) people, it is better to be cautious.

Note: I may count as involved to some degree by means of the article's creator seeking my opinion on whether or not the subject warranted having its own article well before the creation of this AfD. See here. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 15:11, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Just a tweet to celeb will not qualify her for a Wikipedia article! Shobhit Gosain ^Talk 17:22, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep for now - this is a poor time for this article to be up for AFD, with the story of Sunanda Pushkar's death still developing. That means there's a lot of media coverage about her at the moment, but it's too early to tell if she'll demonstrate any lasting notability. I'd say we should keep this article for the time being, and reconsider it for deletion in a few weeks if it becomes clear there's nothing more to say about her and she's just a WP:BLP1E. Robofish (talk) 17:42, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The story is still developing. Changed from Keep to Delete.Nestwiki (talk) 12:44, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Developing story _SMS^{^{Let's talk}} 20:58, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – a single tweet does not equal notabililty. Epicgenius (talk) 23:20, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- This page seems to be the one for describing a twitter controversy , which is just evolving. The person does not qualify to be in notable article list , based on some twitter wars. Zee$han... 04:36, 19 January 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeeshankm (talk • contribs)
Delete -- the subject isnt really notable even in Pakistan and is a sham 'journalist'. There are too many such articles about so-called media/journalistic persons from Pakistan which in my view need to be thoroughly checked and pruned and a large number deleted. User:Hilda Khan
Delete – She doesn't qualify Notability. Doesn't even have a single Creative Commons image of her which I could find.. poloolop —Preceding undated comment added 09:26, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I agree that she is not notable. However, having available Creative Commons images is not a deciding factor in notability. Plenty of non-notable (by Wikipedia's standards, anyway) people do have CC images. Plenty of notable people don't. AddWittyNameHere (talk) 17:39, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The story has made headlines in all the major newspapers & TV Channels in India. People would want to have a credible Non POV information about her which is only possible on Wikipedia Đõc §aмέέЯ 10:04, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Let's wait for the news to unfold. -Vatsan34 (talk) 10:18, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 21:26, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 21:26, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 21:26, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This story has only begun to develop, and its ramifications throughout Indian politics has not yet fully played out. As the body of details of this controversy continues to grow, so will this article. -- Caponer (talk) 04:40, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete --not notable, and should only be mentioned in the Shashi Tharoor article in passing. User:AsadUK200 —Preceding undated comment added 04:57, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I think. This person isnt really notable. Thank you RizwanaJ
Delete Clear WP:BLP1E. 94.194.24.46 (talk) 07:15, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for now per WP:BLP1E. As of now neither her nor the event/incident she is involved in is notable to deserve a separate article. The subject already finds relevant and due mention in Shashi Tharoor and Sunanda Pushkar articles. -- SMS ^Talk 16:06, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete While the incident is notable from Social Media in Indian Subcontinent POV, its been 4 days since the death and the interest in Mehr Tarar as a person is diminishing, hence no long lasting impact - please start a article on the incident as its many times notable and a landmark in terms of how seriously social media is being taken in a developing country ^Talk 00:24, 22 January 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.43.188.70 (talk) [reply]

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