Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kaushik Vasudevan

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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. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-11 00:30Z

[edit] Kaushik Vasudevan

Kaushik Vasudevan (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)
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Aside from glaring POV problems ("his distinguished portfolio", "He is an exemplary role model for the Indian-American community"), this is an unsourced biography of a living person. Someone has questioned the veracity of the info in the article [1], and it's hard to know how seriously to take this without sourcing. One of the two external links is broken and I can't figure out what the other has to do with the subject. The assertion of notability is very vague:

has gained extraordinary critical acclaim and has influenced many of the world's most prestigious artists including Christopher Simmons, the current president of AIGA. Today, at age 14, he is recognized as one of the growing number of talented youth proteges who are gaining a major following, both from the general public and also special audiences

Only found about 9 ghits, none I thought would be good for sourcing. To NPOV the article would be to take out almost all of the content, so I say delete. delldot talk 01:54, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Based on available information, doesn't seem to be meeting BIO... - Denny 06:56, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete unless someone brings reliable sources to support all these amazing claims AlfPhotoman 11:54, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy Delete - Seems like a bright 14 year old but he can host his resume on his own site. This one is almost laughable. -Arch NME 18:48, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. It's a very rare 14-year-old who is notable enough for an article, and this one isn't rare enough. -- Necrothesp 18:56, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable at this point in his life. NawlinWiki 19:35, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - I believe that we shall, as Wikipedians, respect the young folks and thier accomplishments. In fact, I personally know Kaushik, of whom the article was made because he is my nephew, and it seems to me that most, if not all the information in this article is true. However, I was surprised to see an article on him, especially such a lucidly written, almost professional-seeming article; it surprises me to see who would write about him. I bet that there are several non-googlable sources about him, and his work is visible for example, at http://www.kv17.com/scans; i have never seen such beautiful work throughout my life. I think that instead we shall keep this article but keep an eye on it and mark it for possible improvements. Sridhar Venkateshagopalan 4:19 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Please see WP:COI, sir. - Arch NME 08:25, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
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.