Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deepak Kumar Dwivedi

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The result was speedy delete. Everything about this is screaming "hoax". Use of doctored images, fake sources, sockpuppets, etc. to support an article.... Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:31, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deepak Kumar Dwivedi

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Insufficient reliable secondary sources. TYelliot | Talk | Contribs 09:37, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Article based on sources from Facebook and LinkedIn, which is a big 'no no' for BLPs. When searching for News sources, I'm finding a whole bunch of nothing. -- MST☆R ^{(Chat Me!)} 10:41, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a non-notable person (per WP:BIO). I agree with MST, a Google search found me nothing I would use as a reliable source excluding the company's website - which I note doesn't have it's own article. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 11:03, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Even the image file seems to be a morphed image of Steve Jobs which has been uploaded to Commons. Sesamevoila (talk) 11:32, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- I have nominated the image at Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Deepak Kumar Dwivedi.jpg
Delete. The article needs independent, reliable sources. I have mentioned this at User talk:Maira ich but so far no response. Yaris678 (talk) 12:36, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per others--fails WP:BIO for lack of independent sources. Maybe even hoax per the image concern? The article seems to have attracted a ton of WP:SPAs, probably sock/meatpuppets in on the joke (or friends of the non-notable subject)? DMacks (talk) 14:44, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Upgrading to: Speedy delete as total bullshit. Ref #2 is bogus: it does not mention the subject or the article or the event/organization that is mentioned adjacent to the ref-tag in the article, nor are there any items on that page that have the date the cite lists. The organization mentioned, IICCRD, itself has a dubious (to be generous) article (I just started Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/IICCRD), maybe a small WP:walled garden. The content itself is substantially cut&pasted with name-changes from Shawn Fanning. DMacks (talk) 21:56, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. At best, there is a lack of reliable sources, but I suspect that this is actually more of a hoax or an effort at ambitious self-promotion than just an insufficiently notable biography. As already noted, the image is a photomanipulated picture of Steve Jobs. Additionally, the Freaquer company website is sort of the internet version of a Potemkin Village -- it appears shiny and professional, but there is literally no content. "About Us" reveals only content-free corporate-speak boilerplate. Most of the other links do not function at all; indeed, except for "About Us" all the links in the footer are simply to the main page. What look to be hosted advertisements do not contain links. The FAQ is empty. Related companies fare little better. Brandhunk (as spelled at the Freaquer site, and probably the same as the "Branhunk" in the article) also has a sleek website ... until you realize there's no content, half the text is lorem ipsum, and the entire thing is hosted on Wordpress! Bottom line: nothing presented here is as it appears to be, and I strongly suspect that none of it is real. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 15:04, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete as WP:A7. May even be a hoax, or at best an autobio. One of the contributors has already been blocked, and I suggest running a SPI with CU for them and all the other SPA. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:04, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:21, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:21, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete as WP:A7.--Dwaipayan (talk) 15:36, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete Having all unreliable sources is quite problematic, especially with BLPs. Electric Catfish 18:54, 22 August 2012 (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.