Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Siddhi Khankal

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The result was delete. Sandstein 18:23, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Siddhi Khankal[edit]

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Blatant self promotion of a completely non notable book. Was speedy tagged previously, but shifted to draft and reworked. Most of the text are copyvios of the references. The references are all links to self published sources, self-published book pages and sales sites. No third party coverage at all. Claims to have won a major book award, but no evidence of such. In fact one of the references makes no mention of the book or author, just appears to be a random news article unconnected to anything. Seems to be nothing short of self promotional spamming. Canterbury Tail talk 11:54, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think this page should not be deleted because, it's a notable article of a bestselling Indian author. She writes under the pen name Siddhi Idnani. There are third party article of Times of India and such which could prove the notability. She is also an actor and is about to do her debut film which is clearly mentioned in the Times of India article. I'm not connected to the subject, I just thought that this is a notable person and its needed to create a article about the same. Aa015 (talk) 12:52, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - there's no evidence that the person referenced in that Times of India article is the same person. You claim she writes under that pen name, but all the links to her single book strongly show otherwise. One is apparently a non-notable author and medical student, one is a model and actress. Don't seem like the same person to me. Canterbury Tail talk 13:09, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I can find nothing to support notability per WP:NAUTHOR or WP:GNG. If the actor is the same person (I agree that seems uncertain), one trivial mention in a blurb in TOI does not make her notable. --bonadea contributions talk 13:23, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. TMG^talk 16:44, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. TMG^talk 16:44, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I respect your decision, if you think it's non-notable, please delete the article. I created it thinking that the person is notable and a article about her needs to be created. But as per I know her she is an author. Read about her in some magazine or something, but the references are not up to the mark, I agree with you on that. Aa015 (talk) 17:58, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 05:07, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails Wikipedia notability requirements. A search reveals only 1 source (already present in article) that talks about the author. No sources can be found about the "national fame" she 'has received'. Regarding the book, there is no evidence it is "best selling" from another search. The article is also poorly written with a copy paste of the only relevant source. Araratic | talk 08:23, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - the few sources that do exist do not point to notability, merely existence. ƒirefly ( t · c · who? ) 09:44, 15 June 2018 (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.