Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Navtej Bharati

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 of the debate was keep. Shanel 03:23, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Navtej Bharati

Unverified, nn. Wikipedia isn't original research. Ardenn 20:46, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Won "best poet" award in India three times, I'm not ready to delete this unless it can be shown to be a hoax --Ruby 20:49, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep Not sure of the status of Best Poet of the State but enough Ghits to verify his existence. And he surely must be one of the most notable Indo-Canadian poets :-) Dlyons493 Talk 22:13, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete - Unverified and nn as mentioned above. Also, this article and the article refering to its co-author Ajmer Rode have both been started by the same ip 24.69.255.205. The other artcicle was also edited by User:Ajmerrode whose main contribs are to that article and thus violating WP:AUTO. I also believe that the same person has edited from both the ip and the account as well. Some one may want to nominate Ajmer Rode as well for deletion as most of the google hits are from the forks. --Gurubrahma 16:46, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

• Strong KEEP WayneRay 00:09, 23 February 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

• • WayneRay 23:48, 22 February 2006 (UTC)WayneRay I had spent a considerable amount of time adding and updating the Canadian Poets and Publishers within Wikipedia. I have been busy at work for the past two months and haven't logged on to check on things. One of my authors, who has a wiki page Navtej Bharati, said both his page and mine were up for deletion?? I looked on my publisher page HMS Press and it was only updated until 1995. Mr. Bharati (who incidently is one of London Ontario's largest book publishers) book came out in 2002 so therefore was not in my authors list. I had re-written HMS Press in accordance to one of Wiki's editors and the new layout was accepted in 2005, NOW you say it is up for deletion. You guys dont like Canadians?? I don't understand the logic. I can update the information and add the next 50 books I did and his name will be on the list for verification. Please explain. I have been publishing Canadian and American poets since 1982 and have about 150 publications. ???
• Keep: Wikipedia:Notability (people) says that authors with an audience of over 5000 are considered to be notable. I presume that Bharati has such an audience, especially considering that his books are in the Library and Archives Canada. The article contains no original research. If this must be kept in AfD, it should be relisted. Ardric47 03:00, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep, this really should be a speedy keep. Nomination is clearly bad faith, if not actively dishonest, and seems part of a vandalous spree to delete Canadian cultural figures who aren't "ethnic" Canadians. Information in article is not OR and is easily verified. Subject of article is well-known poet, recently described by CBC as "[one] of the world's most acclaimed Punjabi poets." [1] Monicasdude 14:37, 23 February 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.