Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo

Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo

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In the article, except for one source from Lallantop, all other sources only mention the name in relation to cheetah hunting. These do not provide significant coverage to meet WP:GNG, WP:BLP, or WP:SIGCOV criteria. Therefore, the article should be deleted. SachinSwami (talk) 08:22, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2025 May 6. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 08:41, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Royalty and nobility, India, and Chhattisgarh. Shellwood (talk) 10:20, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The page creator has added three sources, but these sources only briefly mention the individual in specific contexts (cheetah extinction and princely state merger) without providing significant coverage of the person’s life, achievements, or background. Therefore, the article does not meet WP:GNG (lacking significant coverage in reliable, independent sources) or WP:BLP (no in-depth, verifiable information for a biography). SachinSwami (talk) 10:58, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Not the best quality, but I think sources present indicate he is notable beyond WP:1E as the ruler of a princely state (arguably an WP:NPOL pass), a participant in the Round Table Conferences, the independence kerfuffle, and the hunting. The Lallantop is currently doing a lot of heavy lifting, but I think there is enough here to surpass WP:NOPAGE. Additionally, I did a cursory search on GBooks specifically excluding the word "cheetah" and found a number of supplementary primary sources which can additionally be used for basic facts to fill in some of the holes. Also, WP:BLP only applies for living or recently deceased people, so does not matter here. Curbon7 (talk) 11:23, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
More sources likely to exist in Hindi; is there a translation of his name? Curbon7 (talk) 11:29, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I seem to have figured out that his final name "Deo" can also be translated as "Dev" or "Deva". Searching that pointed me towards this page from the "Directorate of Culture and Archaeology of the Government of Chhattisgarh", which includes his background and stuff he did as ruler (education reforms, etc.). Pulling from the Lallantop article, his name in Hindi seems to be रामानुज प्रताप सिंह देव ; I cannot read Hindi so cannot search for sources in that language very well. Curbon7 (talk) 11:40, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This seems to be a retaliatory nomination, made after I favoured the deletion of the रामचन्द्र विद्यार्थी article on hiwiki, an article where nominator was actively trying to retain. Chronos.Zx (talk) 11:49, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo was the King of Korea State and clearly meets notability criteria. A simple search on Google Books, Internet Archive, and general web search returns multiple reliable references about him. It appears the nominator did not follow WP:BEFORE, a basic check before AfD nom. Chronos.Zx (talk) 11:58, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per @Curbon7. Well reasoned argument and good research. AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 12:30, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]