Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Pittie family in Pune (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. No good evidence of notability. Fences&Windows 16:29, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Pittie family in Pune[edit]

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Notability issues raised multiple times. See Talk:The Pittie family in Pune — Preceding unsigned comment added by SPat (talk • contribs) 10:57, 26 November 2009

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:18, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Several editors have pointed out the notability issues with this article. The page creator insisted the page remain, but no references have been added. This family, however important they may be to the people of Pune, does not meet the notability threshold. Ivanvector (talk) 23:51, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: is this really the second nomination? I can't find the first. Ivanvector (talk) 23:52, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Near as I can tell, this is the first nomination. There was an attempt to have the article speedied on 2 November (as Advertising), but that tag was removed by the author. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 19:58, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I started trying to find sources for the article shortly after it was speedied; the page creator insisted the family was important to the city and that the chamber of commerce associated with Pune had asked for the page to be created. I was one of at least two editors who pointed out on the talk page that if the article wasn't improved then someone else would come along and put an AfD on the article, which is exactly what's happened. I also posted a request for help on the Pune talk page, but haven't had any response. Ivanvector (talk) 02:26, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete.. If they are as prominent as the page creator claims, there will be at least a mention in the local editions of Pune newspapers - either English or Marathi. Local editions always do bio pieces on anyone remotely notable in the area. And a number of Major dailies have local editions for Pune. Since the page creator hasn't been able to provide any source, I would say delete.--Sodabottle (talk) 04:27, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete there has been ample time for the original editor or another volunteer to add references demonstrating notability but that hasnt happened. The vaugeness of the article makes searching for references difficult for anyone else. RadioFan (talk) 15:14, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The Pitties of Pune appear to be notable (the individuals and a couple of companies), but there's nothing that I've been able to find that shows the family to be notable. Even in the case of the most notable business family from India, Tata family serves more as a dab than anything else. -SpacemanSpiff 06:12, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: the creator of this page has also created Raja Bahadur Motilal Poona Mills Ltd., and added sections to Pune and Tractors in India. Originally these were all nearly verbatim duplicates of each other, but other editors have changed the wording. However none of these have any references to indicate notability, and all should be removed if this AfD results in a delete consensus, as it almost certainly will at this point. Ivanvector (talk) 02:36, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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