Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LD Sharma (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 04:31, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

LD Sharma

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To me this is a pretty clear WP:GNG fail. The sources cited are either self-published or not reliable, and I can find very little independent coverage of the subject. For example, the Forbes article cited in this article has the disclaimer "The pages slugged ‘Brand Connect’ are equivalent to advertisements and are not written and produced by Forbes India journalists" at the bottom. In addition, I suspect undisclosed paid editing because the article is somewhat promotional in tone and was created by a new user who has only ever edited in such a way to promote the article subject. Aspening (talk) 01:17, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Business, and India. Aspening (talk) 01:17, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Sources include the subject's Instagram page, his LinkedIn profile, and his own YouTube channel. It reads like self-promotion. Fails WP:NPOV. As noted in the nom, the two Forbes articles I found are tagged as equivalent to advertising. Business Standard article is tagged as "Sponsored Content". — ERcheck (talk) 01:55, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kindly do let me know, what all can be removed to make the article relevant and not deleted. 2406:8800:80:DA33:30B3:2F4B:2AD3:4268 (talk) 02:22, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The nomination clearly lays out the issues with the article. The following some of the issues that are being looked at in deletion discussion:

Conflict of Interest (COI): (You need to disclose if there is a COI. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest)

Do you have a relationship with the subject of the article and/or one of his companies?
Have you been paid to edit this article?

Notability: Next, if the subject of the article is not deemed to be notable by Wikipedia, you cannot "fix" that. Sharma must meet notability standards. See Wikipedia:Notability
Appropriate sources: See Wikipedia:Independent sources and Wikipedia:Reliable sources. The subject's LinkedIn profile, Instagram, and YouTube channel are not independent sources.

— ERcheck (talk) 17:28, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Military and Himachal Pradesh. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:52, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per nomination, it fails WP:NPOV, there is WP:COI here, WP:NOTABILITY and WP:V. To the creator- Kindly check all of the policies mentioned above before creating a new article. It might be useful for you maybe if you will be creating biography articles or improving others. Happy editing! HilssaMansen19 (talk) 19:37, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have made edits to the page as per guidelines now, i hope it helps, if not feel free to let me know which areas are to be edited further Abhinavwiki124 (talk) 06:53, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lacks significant notable coverage which is independent and reliable, still Delete. HilssaMansen19 (talk) 20:22, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Yet another WP:ADMASQ pertaining to search marketing. Falls woefully short of WP:GNG and WP:ANYBIO. Yuvaank (talk) 20:39, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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