Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vikram Rai

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. - Mailer Diablo 12:49, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vikram Rai

This article was first created by User:Vikram rai. I moved[1] it to user page and speedied the article. But, a possible sockpuppet User:Finmin re-created the article, and also authored a new article on Vinod Rai (father of Vikram Rai). I've tagged Vinod Rai with {{cleanup-importance}} and {{references}}. Vinod Rai might be notable (he seems to on Board of Directors of some banks and is Secretary, Finance Sector, GoI), but Vikram Rai is certainly non-notable. The article claims that he has written a book "Technology M&A: A Guidebook" (not to confused with Ed Paulson's "The Technology M&A Guidebook"), and has two pending patents to his credit. Delete as non-notable. utcursch | talk 12:00, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. This person might be notable, but I can't find verification of the information in the article. Google has listings for people with this name in India, the United Kingdom and the United States. I found a patent page at http://www.freshpatents.com/Vikram-Rai-Randolph-invdirr.php for a different patent. I couldn't find the book listed at the Library of Congress http://catalog.loc.gov or the British Library http://catalogue.bl.uk As always, if someone can add verifiable information to demonstrate notability, I am willing to change my mind. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 13:45, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• SPEEDY DELETE per nomJoshTyler 14:57, 1 November 2006 (UTC) . Josh.
• Delete per Utcursch unless someone can verify existence of the book. Like others, I couldn't find it. --Mereda 15:25, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete No sources.  Doctor Bruno  15:27, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Vanity article. — Tivedshambo (talk) 16:42, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. --Kf4bdy ^{talk contribs} 17:13, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete vain vanity in vain. Danny Lilithborne 20:25, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I have reported the disruption and vandalism of this AfD to the administrator's notice board. — Tivedshambo (talk) 07:51, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions. Doctor Bruno 
• Comment Please use the term "Conflict of Interest" instead of Vanity, as per the guidelines of Wikipedia. Also If possible, avoid using the word "vanity" in a deletion discussion. Such wording may insult the author and ignite a flamewar. As per Conflict of Interest, an author's conflict of interest by itself is not a basis for deletion, but lack of assertion of notability is.  Doctor Bruno 

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.