Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K. Sivarajan

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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 20:16, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

K. Sivarajan

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Insufficient coverage in reliable sources independent of him. A before search links me to websites where individuals may upload their work. Furthermore the sources used in the article are all unreliable which includes the usage of YouTube as a “reliable source” Celestina007 (talk) 20:16, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete lacks reliable sources. Balle010 (talk) 02:43, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
~~Speedy~~ delete per WP:A1 might apply here. There is not enough information in the article that allows me to pinpoint who this "K. Sivarajan" is and what he has done. Surprisingly there are many "K. Sivarajan" out there, for many different flavors of this "K", and I'm not willing to put more effort in trying to find which one we are talking about, and which works actually belong to the subject of this article [1] [2] [3]. This difficulty also indicates lack of notability, so if speedy is contested, I'm still voting delete for not meeting WP:PROF or WP:GNG. Walwal20 ^{talk ▾ contribs} 13:07, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Striking speedy for now. Maybe Srarunvishnu can help fixing the difficulties we are having. Remember that sources do not need to be in english. Having the subject's name in hindi would also help. Walwal20 ^{talk ▾ contribs} 15:21, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no evidence he meets WP:NACADEMICS or WP:BIO. Article was apparently written by a family member, judging by this edit. All I can find about him online is what's in the two sources cited, one of which is primary, the other a YouTube video of his farewell honours. It's also unclear what's meant by "Dr Ambedkar fellowship 1997", since the only fellowship I can find by that name began in 2013: [4]. Captain Calm (talk) 13:31, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I couldn't find that award, either. Idk if it began in 2013, though. I had found that Neelam Jain got an award with the same name in 1996. Walwal20 ^{talk ▾ contribs} 15:05, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete a non-notable academic.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:23, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Basic BLP and WP:V problems here that come even before notability concerns. Dubious unsourced claims to several awards of unknown origin. The claim to have written 41 books also fails verification. Just about every bit of information given in this article looks suspect. I agree that based on this edit there are likely WP:COI issues here as well. In any case, I am not seeing anything to show satisfying either WP:PROF or WP:GNG. Nsk92 (talk) 01:56, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom --Devokewater (talk) 09:45, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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