Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sunil Butolia

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 was speedy delete as a blatant biographical hoax. In stark contrast to the article, the source cited by the article does not claim that this person is an MLA, and gives the name as Sunil Kumar. It claims that Sunil Kumar is an MLC in Uttar Pradesh. There is indeed a Sunil Kumar listed on the UPVP WWW site, number 22 in the SP section. Uncle G (talk) 12:46, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sunil Butolia[edit]

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I cannot find a trace of an Indian politician with that name. The article says that Sunil Butolia also goes by the name Sunil Kumar and although there is an MLA bearing that name (see here), there's no connection between the two names. Pichpich (talk) 20:37, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Cannot confirm if this individual is in fact an Indian politician. Meatsgains^(talk) 23:10, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 08:47, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 08:47, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No reliable sources confirm that Sunil Kumar the MLA is the same person as Sunil "Butolia" — and the article was created by a user named "Sunilbutolia", as his second attempt at creating an article about himself following a 2018 version which claimed that he was notable for "creating new and editing old articles on Wikipedia" behind a redirect to online advertising in an apparent attempt to boost his SEO stats. In other words, this is much more likely to be another bullshit attempt to recreate an article about himself by making false claims of notability derived from another person than it is the real backstory of the real Sunil Kumar. So no prejudice against the creation of a new article about the real Sunil Kumar — but just moving this to Sunil Kumar (politician) isn't the answer, as that would imbue the real person with a bad/fake edit history. Bearcat (talk) 12:00, 11 July 2019 (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.