Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ujagar Singh

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. Inherent notability based on a status which is, apparently, verified. Drmies (talk) 01:32, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ujagar Singh

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Another user, Patchy1, added a proposed deletion tag but I removed it, considering the article's age, the subject's foreign nationality and the possibility that AfD may offer a wider pool of opinions. Google News provided one result suggesting Ujagar Singh existed and Google Books also provided results. However, while scanning the Google Books results for useful information, I noticed nearly all of them provide irrelevant previews and insufficient information to indicate how useful the books are. Considering the subject is from the 1950s-1960's, sources may not be English or Internet-based so I hope an AfD can offer a clear consensus. SwisterTwister talk 02:28, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Unsourced BLP -- Patchy1 02:46, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oceania-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:51, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:51, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, subject to sourcing: The one sentence currently in the article is itself arguably a claim to WP:POLITICIAN#1, depending on one's interpretation of the status of Fiji's Legislative Council immediately before independence. In fact, a scan of the GBooks results for a somewhat more limited search (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) produces several sources from the 1970s, after Fijian independence, which seem to refer to him as a Member of Parliament (and thus certainly passing WP:POLITICIAN). Unfortunately, the likely reliable sources are given in snippet view, making it difficult to determine exactly what they say. Sources therefore (almost) certainly exist - it's a matter of getting access to them. PWilkinson (talk) 00:43, 9 November 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, MBisanz ^talk 00:17, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I've examined the Googlebooks entries, too, and don't see anything that looks like substantial coverage in multiple relaible independent secondary sources. I'm disinclined to think that being a member of parliament in such a small country is inherently notable, especially if no persistent coverage can be found. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 01:53, 13 November 2012 (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/2012 November 13. Snotbot t • c » 17:19, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - He is verifiable as a member of the Legislative Council of Fiji. Online sources are likely to be rare for somebody who held office in Fiji in 1968. -- Whpq (talk) 16:50, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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