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The result was Withdrawn nomination, speedy Keep and move to P.C. Sanal Kumar. Nishkid64 22:39, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Non notable public official. Former Collector of Kasargod, Kerala. 125 google hits [1]. But only 10-20 of them are relevant. Most newspaper hits just mention him as attending a function. The Sahitya Award is unreferenced. Can't find it in any malayalam or english newspaper. Delete. Also see the persons wiki user talk [2] Ageo020 (Talk • Contribs) 21:46, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawing nomination. The references have been provided in the article. Clearly, A kerala Sahitya Award winner is notable --Ageo020 (Talk • Contribs) 10:24, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Keep per the consensus reached at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/I._P._Gautam regarding notability of IAS Officers. If you feel that IAS officers are non notable, then let us AFD I._P._Gautam as well along with this  Doctor Bruno  22:22, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions. --  Doctor Bruno  22:27, 24 October 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Keep - notable.Bakaman _Bakatalk 01:34, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment His name in the Sahitya Awards newspaper article is spelled P.C. Sanal Kumar, the article now references the award in the paper The Hindu, and it does mention his humerous book Collector Katha Ezhuthukayanu. Bejnar 05:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Very Strong Keep- Wellknown satirist and orator in Malayalam. President of Narmakairali, Thiruvananthapuram( Popular organisation of Satirists in Kerala state).Regular contributor of Mathrubhumi daily's Narmabhumi.Nileena joseph 06:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Keep. :People will laugh the moment he opens his mouth. Best IAS officer of Kerala. Became a District Collector at the age of 50. Can be moved to the entertainment section of wikipedia.Dakshayani 09:47, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Move to P. C. Sanal Kumar (that's the correct spelling according to official website of Kasargod[3]). "P C Sanal Kumar" has some better Google results. Also, he's winner of Sahitya Academy Award. By the way, there is a user called User:P.C.Sanalkumar.I.A.S (nothing to do with this article -- just for information). utcursch | talk 12:02, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment OK if he has won the sahitya award and somebody can provide references, I am willing to withdraw the nomination. But it is to be said that IP Gautam or Amit Shah are exceptions to the rule. See [4] Mahesh Pathak's Afd, he's the DC of Bombay, yet he was deleted. In fact, most public officials unless notable are deleted. I would say that this article is kept because Sanalkumar is noteworthy author --Ageo020 (Talk • Contribs) 02:50, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment I would like make Mahesh Pathak as an exception, (in my opinion) a mistake that has to be corrected. Just because one mistake had taken place, we need not repeat that. Till today, I am not able to understand as to how Mahesh Pathak is non notable when I.P.Gautam is notable. If properly searched, we can show the press coverage for Mahesh Pathak. We should have some degree of consistency in an encyclopedia. Any how, it is a plain truth that Sanal Kumar is more notable (Sahitya award winner, which per se is a notable fact) than I.P.Gautam who apart from being the commissioner (which means they have a press coverage - coverage for commissioner and not for the individual) has nothing more to add. The opinion at that time was decent press coverage, chief bureaucrat/manager of a city of 5 million people(district collector also manages that amount),  Doctor Bruno  10:01, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment Please note that NO ONE who voted for keep in I.P.Gautam can say why the person was notable for reasons apart from being the commissioner. The only reason given was press coverage and managing 50 lakh people. Managing 50 lakh people is something like a Governor's job in many American and European countries and hence the value tilted the vote. But every collector does the same thing here  Doctor Bruno  10:07, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• KeepNoted humourist of kerala and an efficient administrator.Nooranadu mohan 03:04, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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.