Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sharmila Thackeray

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The result was delete and redirect to Raj Thackeray. delete & redirect as plausible search term ♠PMC♠ (talk) 04:08, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sharmila Thackeray[edit]

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Being the wife of a politicion doesn't make her notable. Notability is not inherited. There is no in-depth coverage in reliable sources that are indepndent of the subject and no evidence she played a major role in politics or election campaigning.Thus Delete Akhiljaxxn (talk) 06:24, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

* Delete Gave a few speeches, bitten by a dog and being a politician's wife doesnt not pass WP:NPOL or WP:ANYBIO. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 07:54, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. lavender|^{(formerly HMSSolent)}|lambast 08:02, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. TMG^talk 08:03, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:57, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note Please check the talk page of the article. Creator is new user, best to userify this article. With help he got to afc procedure, he was able to make a draft article (not submitted) via that. At present this BLP article may not be notable according to wikipedia guidelines. --Gian ❯❯ Talk 04:23, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Draftify There is some notability, so with proper sourcing it may pass WP:GNG. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 10:33, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete article and then create Redirect to Raj Thackeray#Personal life. No independent notability or significant coverage.

The most substantial coverage I found was, (1) this gossipy 2014 Sunday Guardian piece which starts with Thackeray's wife Sharmila, who has not been involved in politics so far... and then goes on to speculate on how the subject may be obstructing her sister-in-laws rise in politics; four years hence there has been no follow up along those lines. And (2), this DNA piece about how Sharmila T. has acquired some property/construction permits, i.e. matters that would be completely routine except for the subject's relation to a high-profile politician; the unstated insinuation being that not everything was by the book. Needless to say, it would violate BLP to base a standalone biography on either of these thin sources.

Draftification would make sense if we had found many sources and just needed time to incorporate them properly in the article. When such sources are simply absent, what is the extra time in draft space buy us? If at some point the subject does enter politics and receives substantial independent coverage a new article can be created. Till then 1-2 sentences in the Raj Thackeray article should suffice. Abecedare (talk) 21:21, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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