Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Narendra Modi's Google+ Hangout

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The result was merge to Narendra Modi. MBisanz ^talk 22:12, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Narendra Modi's Google+ Hangout

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I acknowledge that some speeches by politicians are notable (see Category:Speeches). So can interviews, through this seems much less common (see Category:Interviews). I guess it is not impossible for a live chat to be notable, but I couldn't find a single example on Wikipedia for a precedent, and in either case, this particular article does not strike me as a notable event. The event has generated some media coverage, but did it generate enough to make it notable? I have serious doubts about that, and I'd invite others to debate whether chats can be notable, and whether this one is. PS. I have no problem with the article being merged to Narendra Modi, I can see this as a valid section in his bio. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 18:03, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Narenda Modi TheLongTone (talk) 18:28, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete article and add info to Narendra Modi, this is not notable and does not warrant a separate article Aurorion (talk) 20:13, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I guess deleting the article and adding the same info to another article is not possible for copyright reasons. Did you meant a merge? --Anbu121 (talk me) 08:40, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info. But why would that be a copyright violation? I was not aware of this issue. Anyway, I did not vote as merge because I don't think this subject matter even deserves a full section in a WP article. Maybe 1-2 sentences at max. Aurorion (talk) 16:13, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

According to CC-BY-SA license, attribution must be given to the editor who provided the content. Usually, the revision history page takes care of this. But, when the info from one article (source) is added to another article (destination) and if the source article is deleted, the attribution to the editor who provided the content is also lost. When you merge the contents of the source article to the destination, the edit summary of the destination article should mention that the content is copied from the source article. This would retain the attribution to the editor inside the history of the redirect. After a merge has been performed, the content on the destination article can be copy edited or summarized or cut down by any one, but the redirect must not the deleted. --Anbu121 (talk me) 16:34, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You can always copy the history of the page at the time to get attribution - attribution doesn't have to be done via link. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 10:46, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as I see nothing notable about this article whatsoever. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 20:49, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Anbu121 (talk me) 22:55, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Anbu121 (talk me) 22:55, 11 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Narendra Modi ~~Delete~~ per WP:NOT#NEWS. Politicians are involved in various meetings, events regularly. This one was hyped by the media just because of Google+. --Anbu121 (talk me) 00:10, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes! Delete. Just like all the Twitter account articles of celebs, this one also doesn't meet notability. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {T/C} 09:07, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep It is obviously notable. This event received high coverage (NDTV, IBNLive, Times of India, Business Line, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Zee News and many more). It received such an overwhelming response that Google+ just got crashed for 45 minutes. Google India, in its blog post, said that about 82,000 people from 116 countries saw that hangout. It will be really, in my opinion, sick to delete this article for notability concerns. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 10:36, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I also noticed that the nominator's rational is highly based on WP:OTHERSTUFF. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 10:41, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That only applies to deletion !votes. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 21:42, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:33, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:33, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CommentThe argument is not about notability: it's aboutwhether the topic is worth its own article. Which, as my merge "vote" above indicates, I do not believeto be the case.TheLongTone (talk) 22:34, 12 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per Aurorion. Not at all notable and doesn't need any mention. It is just something done by a politician and I cannot see how is this notable. In past we have seen all articles regarding Twitter accs' of celebs getting deleted. On comparing them to this, this article isn't even near to what we call WP:N. TheSpecialUser ^TSU 01:52, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How can you say that a event which got so much of coverage is not notable. In that case, 25% of our articles are also non-notable. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 06:42, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Also, we don't like articles about people's internet usage and stuff. This one had 182 references, and was still deleted. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 12:22, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

delete - per Anbu. AshLey ^Msg 10:22, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, my !vote is merge. I have striked out delete and switched to merge. --Anbu121 (talk me) 12:19, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I know, but my immediate observation was against the existence of a silly article like this, and I found Anbu's reasoning to merge is apt for proposing its deletion. However, I have no objection in including the gist of this article in Narendra Modi. AshLey ^Msg 09:23, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Narendra Modi per WP:NOT#NEWS--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 12:29, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and Merge per nom. --regentspark (comment) 15:56, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per earlier discussion. This clearly received media coverage, and there are reliable sources, but WP:NOTNEWS. --Batard0 (talk) 10:06, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 08:42, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NOTNEWS and common sense. Press conferences, town hall meetings, interviews are not normally notable - I don't see anything to distinguish this from them except for the forum. Perhaps some information would be relevant to a future Political fora article, but it's not deserving of its own article. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 10:52, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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