Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shankkar Aiyar

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The result was keep. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:05, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Shankkar Aiyar[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NPROF. Lack of credible academic citations. Hence, calling for an AfD discussion. Hatchens (talk) 10:23, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Hatchens (talk) 10:23, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Hatchens (talk) 10:23, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Hatchens (talk) 10:23, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Complete absence of reasoned analysis. No assessment of the subject's extensive body of work. The nom argues that since the subject, a journalist and author who has never been employed as an academic, fails WP:PROF, they cannot be notable. Well, he fails NFOOTY, too, an argument no more intellectually vacant. Let's not waste editors' time any furthher and just speedy close this foolishness. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by many administrators since 2006. Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong! (talk) 15:16, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Agree with feedback above. The subject is not an academic and should not be subject to WP:NPROF. Ktin (talk) 22:25, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep. While I don't think we should start writing articles on everyone that fails NPROF, his books appear to have gotten some attention in the Indian press, and I think it's enough for WP:NAUTHOR. Reviews include [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 09:23, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:AUTHOR and the mainstream-media book reviews found by Russ Woodroofe. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:43, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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