Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jatin Thakkar

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 Delete. Verifiability concerns override notability, which seems to be only "weak" anyway. As with all WP:V deletions, anyone who finds sources later can get in touch with me about restoring or userfying the article. ~ trialsanderrors 10:46, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jatin Thakkar

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Questionable notability. Possible vanity article. ghits: [1] NMChico24 03:48, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Keep Mmmm...tough one, here. The newspaper he was featured on has an article, he seems to have done some notable things. Needs cleanup and references, but I think it's salvageable. DoomsDay349 03:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep per DoomsDay349. --Kf4bdy ^{talk contribs} 04:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep per above. -Playadom 04:06, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Claims of notability need to be verified by reliable sources. --TBCΦtalk? 04:21, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Delete Fails WP:V. Scientist award cannot be verified[2]. Media personality claim/Science show in India cannot be verified[3][4][5][6].A Factiva database run (includes Indian and Canadian newspapers) gives no relevant hits. (Note that India has a large and vibrant English language media industry, and English is its main web language - it is not unreasonable to expect hits on Google and international news databases like Factiva) Doesn't seem to have published enough to be a professor, let alone one passing WP:PROF[[7]]. Canadian Gujarati radio gig can be verified, but is not encyclopedically notable - its a half hour show every Wednesday localized to Toronoto, and which runs its website off a free webhost. Bwithh 04:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Also, I checked the claim to have been "featured" in The Weekly Voice newspaper (a Canadian newspaper for South Asian newspapers). The Voice has digital pdf copies of its editions online. The only mentions of Thakkan I can find are 1) an advertisment for the radio show 2)a letter to the editor[8]. The Markham paper is a much smaller local paper and does have online digital copies or news archives beyond 14 days. However, in light of the Voice instance, I think its reasonable to think that the claim that Thakkan was "featured" on the cover of this newspaper means another advert. In any case The Weekly Voice and The Markham Economist are not weighty enough publications to support encyclopedic notability even if the features were genuine journalistic articles Bwithh 04:45, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete in agreement with Bwitty. Vanity, and the article was obviously written by someone with a rather poor grasp of the English language - so if it stays, it needs a major rewrite. Black-Velvet 08:12, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Bwithh. utcursch | talk 11:56, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Bwithh. Antorjal 15:05, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep-The person is notable. But the current form of the article should be rewrited. This article is created by a new wikipedian. That reflects in the style of writing and formating. If it was written by a habitual user the impact may be different.Gujarati newspaper reports are not available in google. But some of my Gujarati friends says that he is a notable fellow. Nileena joseph ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 18:52, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep If the article's claims are correct, then seems notable. However, major rewrite and sourcing needed. --Falcorian ^(talk) 19:17, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - Completely unreferenced. (And holy moley, what's with the photograph?) --Nehwyn 22:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
• weak keep seems somewhat notable. Needs cleanup though. Jcuk 00:16, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep, pending references for the claims for fame to be added to the article. Offline sources are sufficient for this purpose, If I understand correctly. Westenra 03:32, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

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