Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vikrant Sandal

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The result was redirect to Hash BioTech Labs. (non-admin closure) Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:23, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Vikrant Sandal[edit]

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Vikrant Sandal is a special and driven business men can be concluded from the article started about him last week on wikipedia. But for presence on wikipedia that is not enough. For persons, the WP:Notability (people) holds, which requires he has "received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject." I think that is not the case. The references given say much about spirulina and his company, but his name is only incidentally mentioned. Furthermore, the IIMSAM and his company Hash Biotech links should be taken with reasonable caution as they can not be considered independent of this person. I could not check the hindustan times article, but from the title it is not inferred that he his the subject of the article (rather: his rotary club). And even if it were him, then that single source would not be enough to satisfy the criterion mentioned above L.tak (talk) 16:37, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:53, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:53, 24 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, j⚛e decker ^talk 14:55, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, j⚛e decker ^talk 01:56, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Hash BioTech Labs for now. The nominated article, the proposed target and also other articles - eg: Dasuya - have been created or heavily edited by people who obviously have a conflict of interest and obviously are attempting to use WP for promotion/spam. Some of the health claims they make for their product seem very wild and some of the claims regarding connections to the United Nations lack credible sources (basically, the sources simply regurgitate obvious corporate press releases, when something should be available from the UN itself). I'm not convinced that Hash BioTech Labs should exist either but am willing to give that one a chance; this guiy, though, is notable only because of that company and notability is not inherited. - Sitush (talk) 21:10, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've just removed a bunch of stuff - IIMSAM is clearly a "connected person" in the legal sense and by no means neutral. It looks to me like a walled garden is being created through the association of IIMSAM, Hash and Sandal himself. - Sitush (talk) 21:20, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect - Redirect although the company's article seems to also lack a bit of substance. I couldn't find much despite searching Times of India, The Hindu (I saw the "First biotech farm of state comes up in Dasuya" article) and the Business Times. Nothing much to add and change the article's current condition. SwisterTwister talk 21:51, 12 June 2014 (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.