Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ramavriksha Benipuri

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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 keep and move to the correct spelling. I'm using Rambriksh Benipuri, as it is the variant with the most Google hits, and will create a redirect from Ramvriksh Benipuri. Sandstein (talk) 07:09, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ramavriksha Benipuri

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Notability. The article claims this man was a "prominent writer" but google returns less than 40 hist for him (mostly wiki mirrors) and Amazon, zero. The article is full of positive pov, as if written by an admirer. This may well be a hoax, since a search for one of his books returns only 2 ghits, the article itself and a mirror. Damiens.rf 20:00, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Keep. The name is also spelt Ramvriksh Benipuri, and there are more results when you search with that name. He's in the Indian Dictionary of National Biography and the Encyclopedia of Indian Literature. English-language sources are slim but there's enough for a stub. --Dhartung | Talk 21:03, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep and possibly move to the more common spelling. A DNB entry makes him a automatically notable. —Quasirandom (talk) 21:48, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Move to more "notable" spelling as per wiki naming conventions. Redirect the above spelling. Jasynnash2 (talk) 10:22, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment by nominator: If there's a more commons spelling for his name, for God's sake let's use it. Is there a problem with the spelling of his works as well? Also, if someone could add a References section to the article with some reliable sources (are "Indian Dictionary of National Biography" and the "Encyclopedia of Indian Literature" acceptable?), I would volunteer to clean up the pov. I hope no offense is taken by the ignorance of this nomination, but you know something is wrong when the article for a great Indian writer comes up in a search for terms most commonly found on vanity articles about self-published writers. --Damiens.rf 12:14, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment Well, certainly cleanup is warranted. Keep in mind per countering systemic bias that topics outside of the English language mainstream may be written by people for whom English is not their first language, or as in India, highly dialecticized. You may want to adjust your antennae because this didn't read as spam to me, just inappropriate in tone. --Dhartung | Talk 01:36, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comments by the initiator of this page: Probably this link of a site of the Government of India is useful [1] - it tells about issue of a commemorative postal stamp on Rambriksh Benipuri by the Government of India, and states, inter alia, that "the Department of Posts (DoP) has brought out a set of commemorative postage stamps on Kazi Nazrul Islam, Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar', Jhaverchand Kalidas Meghani and Rambriksh Benipuri symbolising the theme "Linguistic Harmony of India." This also marks the 50th anniversary of "Hindi Diwas", adoption of Hindi as the official language of the Indian Union. The stamps are in the denomination of Rs.3/-." IMHO, this establishes the notability of this writer beyond any iota of doubt - no Government issues stamps on persons who are/ were not notable. I also take this opportunity to thank the nominator as by such exercise only we can evaluate and establish the credibility of Wikipedia. And, yes - many spellings may be circulating. --Bhadani (talk) 17:23, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
By the way, Kazi Nazrul Islam is one of the featured articles :). Yes, undoubtedly the POVs should be suitably dealt with and removed from Ramavriksha Benipuri. --Bhadani (talk) 17:26, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment Ah! I didn't even find Rambriksh in my earlier searches. That helps locate this confirmation from the Government of India of the postage stamp in his honor, his inclusion in the (unofficial, to be sure) Biographies of Great Persons in Brief, as well as one more indicator of notability, an award named after him (the Rambriksh Benipuri Samman). --Dhartung | Talk 01:36, 30 April 2008 (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.