Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deepak Gupta (software developer)

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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Beeblebrox ^Beebletalks 22:40, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deepak Gupta (software developer)

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Non-notable businessman; fails WP:NBIO/WP:GNG. Coverage is limited to:

WP:TRIVIALMENTIONS in coverage of other subjects ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9])
WP:PRIMARYSOURCE Q&A interview ([10])
His own writings ([11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16])
WP:PRIMARYSOURCE patent docs ([17], [18], [19])

A couple sources here don't even mention him ([20], [21]); perhaps they were included by mistake. I didn't find any other qualifying coverage in my WP:BEFORE search, and I checked for an WP:NAUTHOR pass but didn't find any independent reviews for his books. Dclemens1971 (talk) 23:33, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Technology, India, and Canada. Dclemens1971 (talk) 23:33, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. I suppose there could be an argument under WP:NPROF#C4 based on being a contributor/editor for multiple textbooks and reference works, but I don't buy it at all — none of the works seem to be in wide enough use. I would also have to assume based on his bio that he has published in journals, but the name is too common for me to work out what he's actually published (Google Scholar says that the 'Deepak Gupta' listed as an author on one of his books has an h-index of 70, but it's clearly pulling together publications from multiple people with the same name). Agree that there's no indication of passing WP:GNG as a businessman or WP:NAUTHOR as an author, and I'm very, very sceptical that his research work could be enough for an WP:NPROF pass. MCE89 (talk) 23:58, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Software, and Illinois. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:24, 17 January 2025 (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.