Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prasoon Kumar

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The result was delete. SarahStierch (talk) 15:27, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Prasoon Kumar[edit]

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Only claim to notability is a short blurb in the Times of India noting his award of the Bharat Jyoti award by the India International Friendship Society. The validity of this award in terms of conferring notability is questionable, as the organization does not publish any information on its selection criteria, nor does it publish lists of awardees. Awardees or their employers generally release their own press releases announcing the awards. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 12:53, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The information regarding criteria of organisation that you have requested is at http://www.iifsind.org/

Notability is establised in the annual book "Best Citizen of India" by International Publishing House, which carries a one page article on this person on page 88 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adyakumar (talk • contribs) 14:26, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Actually, the IIFS does not publish their selection criteria at their website. They only discuss in broad terms their goals and aims. Award of the "Best Citizen of India" by the International Publishing House is an equally questionable award. Google searches indicate that the "Best Citizen of India" award is granted variously by "International Publishing House", "Indian Publishing House" or "Best Citizen Publishing House" (based on various self-published press releases), but no search for any of these organizations yields any results. I want to assume good faith, but these awards sound an awful lot like the equivalent of a diploma mill, companies that grant (or sell) awards solely for the purpose of awardees being able to claim the award. I'll defer to more knowledgeable people on these topics, but my own opinion is that such awards do not establish notability. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 14:49, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:54, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy Delete: Not a notable person. Page made for self promotion. Both award and the society is not notable.Jussychoulex (talk) 19:32, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Wikidan seems to be right about this, and subject does not meet N or GNG. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 03:24, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - WP:GNG requires multiple sources. These might exist on paper, but can't be easily found. Bearian (talk) 16:27, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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.