Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation

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 of the debate was no consensus to delete. Johnleemk | Talk 12:08, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation

19 Google hits + copy and paste advertisement delete

Lotsofissues 05:24, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Not linked, not cleaned up after three months, not supported. --StuffOfInterest 13:46, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete: One of my actual jobs is grant writer. You can sooner number the stars than the foundations in the world. Nothing in the article sets this particular foundation apart from others, so, again, the question is, "In what way is this organization of note in its field of operation?" Nothing seems to set it apart, so delete. Geogre 15:15, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. Though at present looks bit offbase couldbe improved. This when done will have links to many pages of People of Andhra Pradesh,India --Vyzasatya 17:44, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

*Weak delete which is subject to change. I don't think they are important enough. Tintin 00:40, 1 December 2005 (UTC) Not convinced enough to vote for keep, but I withdraw this vote. Tintin 17:57, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

• Strong Keep and move to Raja-Lakshmi foundation (41 hits on google) or Raja-Lakshmi awards (166 hits on google for Raja-Lakshmi award).

• Reasons as follows: - (a) Awards being given by a foundation for the past 26 years and accepted by many notable people - Of the 28 recipients, around 20 of them I can immediately say are notable by Wikipedia standards (I do not know about the remaining remaining and hence cannot comment), of which some of them have received civilian awards from Government of India - If it is a non-notable organisation, notable people from all walks of life in India would not have been accepting it - think about it.

(b) Among the earliest awards being given by private organisations in India and with a good purse right from inception (though I speak only from anecdotal hearing and cannot cite on-line references for these; hence would not like to stress on this point)

(c) As per Vyzasatya above

(d) I've undertaken a clean-up where apart from re-writing, categorising and re-organising, I deleted the lists of recipients of vaidika puraskaram (Vedic Scholars award) and recognise the teacher award as these recipients are not notable outside their work context. However, the general award and the literary award recipients are highly notable, the latter probably more in the context of Telugu and Andhra Pradesh. The latter list may be a borderline case for inclusion but not the entire article and the list of general (known blandly as Raja-Lakshmi) awards definitely merits inclusion.

• The flip side: - (a) Organisation doesn't even seem to have its website though its activities and awards are widely covered by Indian media.

(b) The references for the article had to be obtained from TFAS, an association of Telugu people in USA, which gives another award to the recipients of the Raja-Lakshmi award - However, the later day awards can be corroborated by newspaper reports available on the net (e.g. The Hindu, Deccan Herald)

• To sum up - Not all its awards are notable but the Raja-Lakshmi award is notable because the awardees mention it prominently. Hence the article should be retained. --Gurubrahma 17:40, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per StuffOfInterest. Stifle 22:11, 4 December 2005 (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.