Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/C. Ravichandran

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. —SpacemanSpiff 05:21, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails WP:BASIC, WP:ANYBIO, and GNG. No significant coverage in any acceptable sources, only passing mentions in some sources. I am unable to verify he is the author of the books listed. They are listed on Goodreads, but that is user generated and not independent coverage. e. Worldcat does not list his books by author name [1]. Subject does not seem to be regarded as an important figure and is not widely cited by peers or successors, and has not created any significant contributions, fails WP:AUTHOR.

Also, this Wikipedia article seems to contain dubious claims that the subject "secured post graduate degrees in English literature, economics, politics, history, sociology, philosophy, commerce, Malayalam literature and public administration..." This is the first time I have heard of anyone garnering nine post graduate degrees. I am guessing the CV is designed to inflate the subject's importance. Also, this claim does not seem to be backed up by sources. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 16:00, 25 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 16:09, 25 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 16:09, 25 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - fails WP:GNG; as mentioned, plenty of the claims are dubious and seem to be a desperate attempt to assert notability which might not actually be there Spiderone 12:08, 28 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• The claim of securing Post Graduation degree's in multiples subjects cannot be considered 'dubious' with respect to Indian Educational system. There are many people who have secured that many degrees. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajkrishnan R (talk • contribs) 14:58, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Article should be maintained - One of the main allegations made over the article was that the article listed academic qualifications (several PG degrees) which seems to be dubious. DC Books is an established publisher in Kerala, India, their official website has a profile page for C. Ravichandran that can be verified here : https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/authors/ravichandran . The profile (although in the language Malayalam) clearly mentions all his PG degrees. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajkrishnan R (talk • contribs)

• The individual is Notable too* Notability is a very relative subject, and the person is quite famous and known among the Rationalists group of Kerala.A youtube search would prove : https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=c+ravichandran . His books are quite famous, and are found often in the 'Best Selling' list of DC. He appears in TV talkshow debates ^[1][2]— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajkrishnan R (talk • contribs)

• Delete per WP:PROMO; 100% advertorial content which is specifically excluded under WP:NOTSPAM. K.e.coffman (talk) 08:00, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete does not meet notability requirements for writers.John Pack Lambert (talk) 07:52, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Not at all Advertorial - The article doesn't have any contents which are placed for the promotion of the individual, or an organization which he's associated with. The allegations and the logic of being categorized as being promotional has to be proved.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajkrishnan R (talk • contribs)
• Symptoms of Wikipedia turning into a brick* Let this article be deleted, and the technicalities of Notability hail.

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