Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mathan

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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep. Hermione1980 20:19, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mathan

Article is about a cartoonist, but I cannot verify this, and I don't think that it can be. First, the last name (or first name, I'm not sure) is missing. Second, I cannot find evidence of existence of the magazine he works for; Aanantha Viakatan turns up nothing on Google (even though I am aware that such magazines might have a hard time reaching mention on the web). I am suggesting deletion based on lack of verifiability. Sjakkalle (Check!) 11:01, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

The magazine is Anantha Vikatan/Ananta Vikatan and is very popular in Tamil Nadu. I am not qualified to comment on the popularity of the person. Tintin 16:45, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Looks a valid entry. (Madhan cartoonist tamil) in google gets quite a few hits. In Tamil, 'dh' and 'th' are written the same way, which could explain the title. Tintin 18:18, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, based on the data from my friends from Tamil Nadu Tintin 22:59, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Not everyone in the world needs to have a first name or last name. In fact, traditional Tamil names do not. Ananda Vikatan (one of many spellings used in English) is readable at [1]. Mathan is quite well known among current-day readers of Tamil magazines. Lastly, the Google test has its own biases. Ambarish 05:54, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Thanks for the info and verification. I withdraw my nomination. Sjakkalle (Check!) 06:02, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. I can vouch for the notability of both Ananda Vikatan and Mathan. I echo the points made by Ambarish on Tamil names and Google test bias. Also, Mathan can very well be his nom de plume with or without any connection to his real name. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 06:13, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, but possibly rename to Madhan, which seems to be the more common English way of writing the name. --Aquillion 20:16, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, I reciprocate the comments above. Madhan is a pretty renowned cartoonist in Tamilnadu with his unique style of cartooning in the Anandha Vikatan magazine. Ram

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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.