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The result was delete. J04n(talk page) 00:44, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rahul Mewawalla (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Overpromotional article. Created by WP:SPA user:Jimbollins, with deletion tag removed by user:Ashleyt42. Barney the barney barney (talk) 15:46, 12 May 2013 (UTC) Barney the barney barney (talk) 15:46, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. czar · · 16:39, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - not notable personJussychoulex (talk) 18:34, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep; do not delete as subject is a public civic figure and the article serves as helpful biographical information. Should not be deleted as is per relevant guidelines for the sections under candidates and nominees and award recipients" Ashleyt42 (talk) 23:29, 12 May 2013 (UTC) — Ashleyt42 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

• Comment - Subject is clearly a notable public figure serving the Mayor of San Francisco and has also held notable other positions.Ashleyt42 (talk) 23:44, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. Article does not seem to cite secondary sources that are clearly independent of the subject. I see company's pages and the user's profiles on various sites. I don't see stories from, say, CNN, the Wall Street Journal, or the Chronicle. For an article that's not even a day old, I'm refraining from judgment. —C.Fred (talk) 23:51, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

*Comment. Additional secondary and tertiary sources have been added to the article to resolve earlier comment.Jimbollins (talk) 00:14, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. I reviewed the two sources Jimbollins added: one mentions Mewawalla only in passing (one sentence at the bottom of the article), and the other does not mention him at all. Then I did a Google search. I found his Facebook and LinkedIn profiles but no coverage of him in reliable sources. Accordingly, he does not appear to meet the general notability guideline and should not have an article. —C.Fred (talk) 02:25, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep - given additional sources. See details of sources and information available - reliable sources include FuseCorps, the Whitehouse, Mayor of SF site, Stanford, Shareable, Juniper Research, Company websites. More sources can also be added. Following the general notability guideline with focus on guidelines for public figures given subject and his roles with Mayor of City and County of San Francisco, California and his involvement with other national efforts.Jimbollins (talk) 03:59, 13 May 2013 (UTC) — Jimbollins (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. *Comment - Suggest keeping this article under general notability guidelines given subject's notable coverage across public sector (San Francisco Mayor, White House forum) and Fortune 500 (Nokia, NBC Universal, GE, etc) sources. Quick research resulted in SF Mayor coverage in Sharable magazine, Whitehouse coverage on FuseCorps, and subject receiving 2012 gold award from Juniper Research "for significant contribution to their sector."FredMalone (talk) 19:56, 13 May 2013 (UTC) — FredMalone (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

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Delete No sources showing anything near meeting WP:GNG or WP:42. Mdann52 (talk) 12:45, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I have tried a google news search and a traditional google search. Unable to locate anything more than passing mentions. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 14:32, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep - Looked at the sources mentioned above and others and found notable coverage under WP:42 and WP:GNG including Mayor of San Francisco, White House coverage, Gold Award from Juniper, and more coverage with General Electric Company, Nokia, NBC news, Yahoo etc. Also, reviewing the comments from other contributors, it seems that this article should be kept given Wikipedia:Guidelines for Administrators #1.4 ^[1] - suggest keeping the article at this time given the overall discussion on this articleJessHiggins (talk) 16:33, 21 May 2013 (UTC) — JessHiggins (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

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