Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aditya Jha

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The result was delete. Kurykh 04:21, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aditya Jha

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Article lacks an assertion of notability beyond being the CEO of a company (although that was enough to save it from CSD-A7). Lots of sources, but they're pointing to the notability of the company rather than the CEO or are press releases. Previously tagged CSD-A7 by someone else (denied by me) then PRODded (by me) but PROD removed without comment.➔ REDVEЯS likes kittens... and you 10:13, 16 December 2007 (UTC)


Note to closing admin: From editing patterns [1] [2] it would appear that 99.231.10.228 (talk · contribs), 144.36.24.64 (talk · contribs) and 207.236.183.18 (talk · contribs) are the same person. ➔ REDVEЯS is wearing a pointy red hat 09:45, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

If youa re going to delete Aditya's profile, perhaps many other's shoudl be deleted too. For example, how this person any more notable than Aditya - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Johnson ? Redvers: I seems you really don't like Aditya and have something personal against him because now you are saying that the other people who added stuff are me. What a joke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.231.10.228 (talk • contribs)


  • Kindly let us know what is it exactly you are looking for. We see thousands of people on wikipedia who are no where as notable as Aditya listed but it seems you are having issues with his notability. The man is very successful and is doing so much to give back in genuine fashion and I think as one of his followers it would be good to have an entry on him in wikipedia so others can edit it as appropriate. I am not a wikipedia-expert so I might know the syntax well, but I sure thing that there is nothing wrong with the subject or the content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.231.10.228 (talk • contribs)
  • Comment - The Star comes closest to proving notability, although none of the notable stuff the guy has done is reproduced in the Wikipedia article itself. The POA Foundation bio is not a reliable source - it is a puff piece for Mr Jha. The YorkU article is a puff piece for his donation to York U. Ryerson U's page is a brief puff piece for the POA Foundation. I remain convinced that the Foundation and the companies he has founded may have some notability, whilst Mr Jha, by Wikipedia standards, does not. The Wikipedia article is currently an advert for him (and a not very good one, so short of information is it). ➔ REDVEЯS likes kittens... and you 10:53, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. I agree with Redvers (talk · contribs) assessment of the article and sources used. Cirt (talk) 14:54, 16 December 2007 (UTC).
  • Keep. A Google News archive search reveals enough independent references to him as a businessman and a philanthropist. Phil Bridger (talk) 14:57, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I recently went to a conference of Aditya Jha's, where I had the privilege of hearing him talk (Street Smart vs. Book Smart). I was very inspired by him and whatever I heard about him from other people, was defilitely true. I am looking into writing an article about him for my University paper. I was doing some research and stumbled upon this article on Wikipedia. I'm quite surprised to see that people say he's not notable enough and have voted to delete a reference of him from this site. I have seen many articles about him printed in notable magazines/papers, such as the Star, MacLeans, CBC just to name a few. So, my suggestion would be to keep this page about Aditya Jha. Last of all, I really appreciate what you guys do on this site. It's a huge knowledgebase for all of us. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.236.183.18 (talk) 04:24, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete president of a small company, popular business speaker no apparent publications--not notable.DGG (talk) 08:18, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. President of a multiple small companies - Software Company has over 50 people and the Candy company has over 170 people (formerly owned by Cadbury). He has other businesses around the world that employ other 100 or so people. His foundation has donated over a million dollars for education in Canada, India and Nepal [www.poafoundation.org] and he is raising $3 million of Unicef Canada's "Unite for Children, Unite Against Aids" campaign [3] [4]. He is an appointee of Government of Canada to a very important federal financial board [5] as well as appointed by Government of Ontario to a equally important business board where he sits along CEO of HP and GE [6]. A common peson DOESN"T get appointed to these board. He is invited by Federal and Provential politicians for consultation on various matters. [7]. He is helping a poor country like nepal fix its political system [8] and start initiatives such as a new university [9]. He frequently gets invited by Government of India for business and trade consultation [10] and is winner of Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce's Technology achievement award [11].—Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.36.24.64 (talk • contribs)
  • Delete - overall notability not established. --Mhking (talk) 13:51, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Seems reasonable enough to me to be included in Wikipedia. sikander (talk) 22:51, 21 December 2007 (UTC)


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