Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shamsher Singh (journalist)
- 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. Consensus is clearly for the deletion of the article, at this stage, I think we're going round in circles with increasingly poor quality sources being bludgeoned into the discussion to argue for the retention of the article. Nick (talk) 11:59, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
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Non-notable coverage; passing mentions on a list of award winners and promotion to positions within corporate media. The award nor position constitute inherent notability and much of the sourcing is gathered from non-independent primary or unreliable advertorial sources, neither of which can be used to establish notability. A WP:BEFORE search does not produce sufficient coverage in independent secondary sources to pass WP:BASIC for individual notability. Tayi Arajakate Talk 07:15, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
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Hemant Sharma is probably another possible AfD candidate from the looks of it, I'll likely put it up for that soon after doing a WP:BEFORE search. Ajit Anjum and Punya Prasun Bajpai on the other just about goes through the WP:GNG criteria due to this article and this article which specifically covers the person, which should give you an idea of what kind of coverage is required. In any case all the three the articles are quite under-developed and non-notable ones sometimes go unnoticed, if you want good templates for articles about journalists then articles on Arnab Goswami, Siddharth Varadarajan and Nidhi Razdan are much more well developed for that purpose. Tayi Arajakate Talk 10:17, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
I suppose one can possibly argue for establishing notability if they have coverage through being recipients of multiple prestigious awards since the foundations or committees presenting them are in effect secondary sources, it is also not necessary that only online source must be used as long as it can be verifiably cited to a reliable source (see WP:OFFLINE). That said from what I understand, you seem to have a conflict of interest with the subject of the article, it is compulsory to disclose that conflict of interest (note that this does not in any circumstance mean that you need to divulge your identity just that you must declare that you have a COI; see WP:DISCLOSE for instructions). In such a case, it is strongly discouraged to edit article about the person or any related article and to just wait for an unrelated editor to create or edit that article (someone will eventually do that if they are or become notable enough). You are however still free to provide publicly available sources or to make available images on the subject or any related subject. Tayi Arajakate Talk 12:01, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
I'll leave that to other editors to decide. I'm just the nominator of this AfD and the result depends on whatever consensus is established. I must also say that a reliable source for the award still isn't a guarantee though it would improve the case for non-deletion. Tayi Arajakate Talk 13:32, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Tayi Arajkate , after 2 days of discussing with the Chinta O Chetna Awards foundation , they said that they do not post articles of past awardees on their website but they sent me an official email to be used as a proof and a reference for Wikipedia. The award is a national award and played an important role in the subjects career. So, can I please use that source along with a photograph for mentioning the award in the article Please help me as I don't want my article to be deleted. It took a lot of effort in making the article compatible for review and adding the references. And just after a few days of being reviewed, it was nominated for deletion. It is really heartbreaking for me to see all my efforts go waste just because Wikipedia only takes sources from websites and news sites and refuses to treat an orignal photograph and an official email from an award foundation as an unreliable source. I appreciate editors like you who use their time to help new editors like me, but, I want to you to know that I have never used unrelaible references in my article. But this photo and the email are far more reliable than a local news site or website. I hope you understand my situation and I would like your support in making Wikipedia a more informative place :) . SinghPurnima72 (talk) 07:16, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
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- Delete. We do not cite images (they cannot go in depth) and we won't cite official emails (Not formally published). As mentioned, sources need to discuss the subject themselves in some depth, not tangentially-related entities. —A little blue Bori v^_^v 2020's a bust; thanks SARS-CoV-2 07:09, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
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- Delete with alternate of USERFY. @SinghPurnima72:. I am going to go the simple route. I have not looked at the history but I would suggest this article be moved to your user page. Edits can then be made to ready an article for review to be published. Submit via AFC when you feel the concerns of editors weighing in above have been addressed. Editing a published article, as a defense to save, is NOT a good defense for COI editing. The AFC process can be slow and a good recommendation would be to edit other areas so as not to be deemed a single purpose account. -- Otr500 (talk) 01:35, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
- Otr500 The article was created by me through AFC only.SinghPurnima72 (talk) 05:35, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
- Delete. Just reading this article as presented I don't see the subject meeting any of the four criteria for WP:JOURNALIST. It reads more like a professional resume. While the Ramnath Goenka award is a major journalistic award in India the subject's body of work does not have significant attention or coverage in reliable sources. The page creating editor also appears to be a WP:SPA created solely to create this biography. This suggests major WP:COI of paid editing or promotion of a colleague or friend. Blue Riband► 20:13, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 01:39, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
- Delete A Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award is not, in my evaluation, a "well-known and significant award" for the purposes of the first point of WP:ANYBIO. It is some indication that he is "regarded as an important figure" for the purposes of the first point of WP:JOURNALIST, although the category in which he won, On-the-spot-Reporting (Broadcast), is one of almost 30, and not a marquee one. The only other reliable independent coverage of him is trivial, mentions of his hiring for Republic Bharat.
- The "early life" section fails verification. "In July 2015, he was one of the few ... for his contributions to journalism" also fails verification in part, and the remainder is of dubious relevance to an encyclopedia. The rest of the "career" section is essentially his resume, based on non-independent sources, his employers. The first two paragraphs of the "reporting" section are promotional. Presumably there are many other important events from which he reported; that's what journalists do.
- Considering the shaky notability and the problems with almost every other part of the draft, it would be better to apply WP:TNT and start over. Rather than a second trip through AfC, I recommend requesting at WP:RA that an uninvolved editor write a biography, but only request it after notability becomes clearer. --Worldbruce (talk) 06:02, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
- Keep The article has a lot of references from top media sources and also the subject is notable for meeting the Wikipedia criteria for notability. The subject has been in various news websites like Aaj Tak, The Indian Express and many more. Not only from Indian news sites but those from abroad also which covered the BRICS Summit where the subject′s quotation was mentioned.SinghPurnima72 (talk) 15:25, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
- Delete The article makes bold claims, few if any of which are supported by strong secondary sources that are independent of the subject. I see WP:MILL, I see PR, I see those which are effectively self-published; above all, I see an article in breach of policy from beginning to end. ——Serial 15:45, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
Worldbruce, Blue Riband and Serial If the article does not meet the requirements for WP Journalism , then I agree to remove it from that but still it meets the criteria for WP Bio. SinghPurnima72 (talk) 03:48, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
- Check these references about the subject:
[1] [2]SinghPurnima72 (talk) 10:19, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
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