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Tham Nimal-Raj

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I could find no reliable independent sources with significant coverage of the subject, thus does not meet WP:BIO. His academic career does not meet any of the criteria of WP:NPROF and neither of his books appears to have had sufficient impact such that WP:NAUTHOR might be achieved. Article has been repeatedly published in mainspace from draftspace in spite of the absence of solid sources and references, and the tone is very promotional. I had considered WP:G11 but the article is probably slightly below the bar for speedy deletion. SunloungerFrog (talk) 19:55, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Sri Lanka, and United Kingdom. SunloungerFrog (talk) 19:55, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Assuming " He is currently the Chancellor, Provost, and Professor of Family Medicine and Anatomy at New Vision University Medical School in Tbilisi, Georgia." to be verifiable I see him as passing WP:NPROF. However, I am having great difficulty in finding verification for this. If verification cannot be found then my opinion is that the correct answer is to delete. Please alert me by ping here or on my user talk page if this is verified/verifable, and I will offer a formal !vote either way 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 20:08, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would have expected to find Nirmal-Raj at https://newvision.ge/en/schools/medicine under "staff" where I have searched with no luck. I will set my default to Delete per nom, and will alter it if I am proven to be incorrect and told about it 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 20:13, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My error. "Thamotherampillai Nimala-Raj" is there - a different spelling. However, my researches about the organisation suggest to me that this remains a failure of WP:NPROF and my mind is not changed. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 20:22, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just for future AfD participants, [1] is the page in question, which states that the subject is Provost of New Vision University - UK Campus (NVU-UK), not, as claimed in the article He is currently the Chancellor, Provost, and Professor of Family Medicine and Anatomy at New Vision University Medical School in Tbilisi, Georgia. I could have included that in my nomination, so sorry Timtrent for making you re-do what I'd already discovered. Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 20:33, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@SunloungerFrog Thank you. That I did it meant I researched the organisation. I do not feel it is an inherently notable organisation, thus the provost-ship (etc) seems to me not to count towards any personal notability, The flannel piece om the link appears to be self written self promotion. It reinforces my opinion to delete. Thank you for your work on this. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 20:47, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Came here to !vote delete because this doesn't feel like an independently notable medical school upon which to base an WP:NPROF argument on, ~~had not even seen Timtrent's !vote above that that fact was not yet verified, so that feel's like a double whammy.~~ (edit conflict) Had not seen Timtrent's later reply; if verified, I still stand by this assessment that this fails NPROF. Bobby Cohn (talk) 20:28, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]