Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bharat Dev Varma

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The result was delete. Mojo Hand (talk) 15:44, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bharat Dev Varma

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The person's claim to fame is his wife and children, who are notable actors. Although the person belongs to a royal family, I find he has no particular claim to notability on his own. Dwaipayan (talk) 19:48, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:07, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:07, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:40, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Tom Morris (talk) 08:07, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment notability is not inherited, so we say, but for royals it seems to be - at least if the royals (down to the minor nobility, it seems) seem to be treated as exceptions to the WP:GNG and are given inherent notability. If that's so, and every 7th duke or whatever gets a pass, why not Indian royalty? Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:11, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I was not aware of such a policy (that royalty is an exception to GNG). Could you please provide a link to that policy? Thanks.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:35, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:GNG. Note that the main cited source in the article is a personal hobbyist website, which (a) is not a reliable source, and (b) contains only a 1-line entry for the subject. All other sources I could find are brief mentions of Verma in articles about his wife/daughters. Incidentally, Bharat Dev Verma is not himself a royal since India abolished such recognitions under the 26th amendment to its constitution (a work-in-progress I had forgotten about) So even if, arguendo, royals were inherently notable, the criterion would not be applicable. Abecedare (talk) 16:46, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per nomination and WP:N. — CutestPenguin^Hangout 12:14, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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