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Renée Elliott (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Lack of independent notability Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 03:59, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Vaishali Nigam Sinha (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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The subject don't have significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Most sources cited are either affiliated with the subject (e.g., UNDP, WEF), passing mentions, or promotional profiles (such as listicles and interviews). Thilsebatti (talk) 05:45, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jinal Jhaveri (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:BIO, and I can't find sources to fill in the blanks here. Many of the sources are 404s ([1], [2], [3], etc.) and likely AI generated. Based on editor's previous history, also a likely undisclosed WP:COI. Snowycats (talk) 02:21, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dominic Kiarie (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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My WP:BEFORE turned up little if anything in the way of significant coverage in reliable independent sources so as to meet WP:BIO. There is a lot of fairly run-of-the mill stuff about companies the subject has worked for, with consequent passing mentions, but nothing substantial about the subject himself. Additionally, there is a strong thread of COI editing running through the article's history. Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 05:36, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Milind Sovani (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Vanity page, which is mostly filled with promotional content and links to social media sites, and coverage from reliable sources is clearly lacking. Article would need to be rewritten entirely if kept. CycloneYoris talk! 08:02, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Phillip Sarofim (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Was soft deleted back in April, then quickly recreated by the same editor. 多少 战场 龙's rationale from that AfD still holds: "it lacks significant coverage from independent sources that demonstrate notable achievements, making the subject appear less relevant. Additionally, it contains excessive citations that detract from the clarity and conciseness of the information presented." And as Oaktree b also pointed out, most of the coverage is about his relationship with Avril Lavigne. No in-depth coverage from independent, reliable sources. Fails WP:GNG. Onel5969 TT me 09:35, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Brian Beattie (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Non-notable individual. A WP:BEFORE shows results about a musician, who is unrelated to the subject in question. Lack of reliable sourcing is also evident. Fails WP:GNG. CycloneYoris talk! 23:07, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yi Shi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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WP:COI or WP:PE, with lots of PR spam sources. Tim (talk) 14:56, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nandiki Gangadhar Reddy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Seems to be a WP:PROMO article about someone that does not pass the WP:GNG David Palmer//cloventt (talk) 04:35, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Barrie Henderson (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Clear WP:COI or WP:PE. Sources only mention the subject in passing, and notability appears to be lacking. Article includes some promotional content. Fails: WP:GNG. CycloneYoris talk! 06:50, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alex Huang (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Doesn't meet WP:NBIO, not much WP:SIGCOV in independent sources. I don't know if cloud.com counts as "a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record". TurboSuperA+(talk) 09:58, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sheng Liang (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Doesn't meet WP:NBIO, not much WP:SIGCOV in independent sources. I don't know if cloud.com counts as "a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record". TurboSuperA+(talk) 09:59, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ifedayo Agoro (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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PROD deleted. No significant valid secondary sourcing WP:RS to prove notability. Sources mostly echo press coverage of her events. Or are features or interviews, not independent analyses of her impact. The entry reads like a promotion for her brand. m a MANÍ1990(talk | contribs) 00:33, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

T.K. Khaleel (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Non notable enterpreneur. Sources are routine and mostly PR. Fails GNG. Thilsebatti (talk) 03:33, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have revised the article to make sure the sources cited are independent secondary sources. The subject is a famous baker from the GCC with multiple, named industry awards and international recognition. He was the focus of a cover story in the independent trade magazine Gulf Gourmet. The purchase of subject's company by Almarai, a major publicly-traded corporation was a significant economic event in the sector and was reported by independent financial news outlets like Gulf Business. I believe the article now satisfies the requirements of WP:GNG. Thank you! Ashik Jose (talk) 13:21, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Luke Brugnara (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I am nominating the Luke Brugnara article for deletion because it does not meet Wikipedia’s notability standards for biographies. While the subject has received some coverage due to legal issues, the majority of the article focuses disproportionately on criminal convictions, clearly falls in WP:Crime.

Additionally, much of the content lacks reliable secondary sources and appears to rely on local or sensational media, which may not meet Wikipedia’s standards for verifiability. The article could be viewed as violating Wikipedia’s Neutral Point of View and Biographies of Living Persons policies due to the lack of context and breadth. Unclethepoter (talk) 18:31, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the existing article content appears to rely on primary or court-related sources, which may not establish lasting notability. WP:GNG emphasizes sustained coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources—not just notoriety from legal proceedings. Unless stronger sourcing is presented that demonstrates broad, in-depth coverage beyond criminal activity, I believe the page may not serve an encyclopedic purpose. Unclethepoter (talk) 06:25, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ramakrishnan Sivaswamy Iyer (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Bunch of non-notable awards in unreliable, unbylined sources. Has a lot of coverage but none of it is in reliable sources. The Gulfnews article is the only good source among them, but it isn't enough for WP:GNG. ATDR - Transworld Group (shipping and logistics company) Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 05:06, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Nominator has said that the awards are non-notable, my comment about the awards are as follows
1. I don't know why and how the award given by President of India recommended by Ministry of External affiars, India, is non-notable?
2. Forbes has listed this personality in Top Indian Business Leaders In The Middle East 2021, how Forbes is non-notable?
3. The Maritime Standard Awards are the prestigious awards of Middle east and Indian Subcontinent. Questioning this award also doesn't make sense.ABDB1 (talk) 05:27, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment The article does seem promotional, but I tend to agree with the above comment that it is a bit ridiculous to call those awards non-notable. – Ike Lek (talk) 06:14, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Keep:

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman is a very notable award and there's good media coverage about him receiving the award. Also as a chairman of a notable company since 1989, the subject is likely to pass the notability guidelines. Zuck28 (talk) 06:41, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Choi Hyeong-bin (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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One RS in this (Maeil Business Newspaper); seems to otherwise have insufficient sourcing. Can't find much in Korean language. grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 03:18, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hallo. just google his name in korean you get a plenty of resources from the independent entities. Packer25 (talk) 07:44, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Michael Edem Akafia (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Other than press releases masquerading as news stories about his appointment to the Ghana Mines position (you can tell by the very similar wording in all of them), searches did not turn up enough in-depth coverage from independent, reliable sources to show he passes WP:GNG. Disputed redirect without improvement. Onel5969 TT me 10:32, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I believe the subject meets WP:GNG and has in-depth coverage . Also concerning the the rationale "Disputed redirect without improvement."The redirect was disputed by me at 10:01 UTC, and the article was nominated for deletion 30 minutes later. I had already begun working on improvements based on nominator's reason in the edit summary. Nominating for deletion at this stage is premature; the article should be improved, not removed. -- Robertjamal12 ~🔔 11:26, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment - the timing of the nomination shows the importance of using edit summaries. When the article creator reverted the redirect, they gave no indication that they were working on improving it, or even planning to work on it. If they had, I wouldn't have nominated it at that time. But since it has been nominated, if they do supply the necessary sourcing, I'm sure it will result in a KEEP result. Since the article contains numerous sources which do not go towards notability, I would suggest to the KEEP vote above that they let folks know here what the 3 best in-depth sources from independent, reliable sources are, in order to help editors ascertain notability.Onel5969 TT me 13:08, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the clarification and I appreciate your good-faith approach. Just to note: I had intended to use the "undo" option to provide an edit summary, but I mistakenly used rollback, which didn’t allow for that. That was my oversight and I appreciate you pointing it out. While I believe the subject meets GNG, I also acknowledge that the article can and should be further improved. @Onel5969 Please see, [10][[11],[12]. , -- Robertjamal12 ~🔔 15:17, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Karen Vardanyan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Searches did not turn up enough in-depth coverage from independent, reliable sources to support meeting WP:GNG. Onel5969 TT me 01:10, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gbp190 (talk) 13:45, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep – Karen Vardanyan is a notable Armenian businessman and philanthropist, widely recognized in Armenia.
He is the CEO of the largest confectionery producer in Armenia and a prominent public figure. His contributions span across business and philanthropy. He has been covered extensively in reliable sources, including major Armenian news outlets.
Moreover, this article exists in both Armenian and Russian Wikipedias, which further supports his regional notability. The English article has been improved and now cites multiple independent and verifiable sources, demonstrating that the subject clearly meets Wikipedia’s WP:GNG.
Deleting the article would mean erasing the presence of a significant figure in Armenian economic and social life from the English-language encyclopedia.
    • Conclusion: The article meets notability criteria and should be kept.
Anna Manasyan (talk) 11:12, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
James Helm (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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A seemingly promotional article about a marketing professional and social media influencer who only received significant coverage in one article in The Inquirer [14]. He was also quoted and discussed in Philadelphia Magazine [15], but he was not the subject of the article—I don't think this counts as significant independent coverage. On the whole, fails WP:BASIC. JBchrch talk 21:21, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep in addition to the Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine has more than 15 significant paragraphs [16]:

No one represents the it’s-only-a-business new breed as much as TopDog Law, the entity launched by James Helm in 2019, not long after finishing — perhaps tellingly — a dual JD/MBA program at Rutgers.
“It comes down to unit economics,” Helm said cheerfully on a legal industry marketing podcast last year. (The TopDog founder, who grew up in Delco and now spends most of his time in Scottsdale, Arizona, declined my request for a sit-down interview.) In the podcast Helm went on to explain that you first have to know the average fee you generate on a case — if it’s $10,000, you have work to do; if it’s $25,000, you’re doing pretty well. Then you need to calculate the cost of acquiring a client. If you understand those two things — and if the delta between them is large enough — “then I can get aggressive about acquiring new customers, and I can do it profitably.”
Simple, right?
It’s a formula Helm has used with great success. Six years after launching TopDog, Helm’s operation now has a presence, according to its website, in more than 35 cities across the country, from Ann Arbor and Atlanta to Washington, D.C. Thousands of calls and contacts come in each week.
Key to the success have been decisions Helm made early on, starting with the consumer-friendly TopDog name. “I think traditionally [law] firms have been very bad at branding their businesses,” Helm said on the podcast. “Every other industry has names that are easy to say, easy to sell, easy to remember. Whereas with law firms, the brand wasn’t the focus.” In dubbing his outfit TopDog — a moniker that could just as easily have been used on, say, an energy drink or a new brand of kibble — he landed on something that both was easy to remember and conjured up winning. “I think a large part of our success is due to the name,” he said. “TopDog gets you top dollar.”
Helm’s second outside-the-box decision was to focus on social media when it came to marketing. In part the strategy was born of necessity — Helm didn’t have enough money to advertise on TV; even Google AdWords was out of his league. But it also spoke to his age (27 at the time); Instagram and TikTok were as natural to him as TV was to Rand Spear.
“We really thought there was room to revolutionize [legal marketing], especially on the social media front,” says Ian Harrington, TopDog’s first marketing director. (Harrington would go on to work for Pond Lehocky and is now co-founder, with Ryan Makris and Kate Schenkel, of Very Decent Marketer.) “At the time, no law firm was doing social media with any kind of success or results. It wasn’t by accident that we saw that as an opportunity. James was young; he was good-looking. He wasn’t as good on camera as he is now. That actually took a long time to get right. But we were willing to put in the reps to figure it out.”
Early on, TopDog’s social strategy was based on Helm sharing his personal story. A high school wrestler, he’d started taking prescription painkillers following an injury at age 17, and he’s said he spent eight years as an addict before finally entering rehab while in law school. The message to potential clients: I know what it’s like to be down and out. I can help you get your life back.
But in time that strategy gave way to something more over-the-top — kinetic videos of a hyper Helm doing everything from mugging at the camera to rapping. “We had to get our name out there by being bombastic and creating the TopDog persona,” says Harrington. “The algorithms of the platforms push the louder, the bombastic, the faster-cuts kind of stuff. And we really leaned into that.”
As is increasingly the norm in the personal injury law business, the cases Helm generates — through social media or radio or all those TopDog billboards — are not primarily handled by him or any lawyer working for him, but by other lawyers around the country. In fact, if you look closely at the language, you see that TopDog Law isn’t really even a law firm. Helm’s LinkedIn page describes it as “a leading case acquisition and plaintiff intake platform,” while the TopDog website calls it “a national network for law firms licensed to practice in their applicable states.”
The uber-referral model is not one every lawyer — even in the personal injury realm — is comfortable with. “I think it’s important for the consumer to understand who they’re retaining to represent them,” says Spear. “I’m here every day. I work morning till night. I like meeting with clients.”
Perhaps more to the point: Advertising done primarily for the purpose of referring cases to other firms actually runs afoul of Pennsylvania’s Rules of Professional Conduct. As the rules put it: “It is misleading to the public for a lawyer or law firm, with knowledge that the lawyer or law firm will not be handling a majority of the cases attracted by advertising, to nonetheless advertise for those cases only to refer the cases to another lawyer whom the client did not initially contact.”
When I email Helm about this, I get a quick reply from his general counsel, Sean Berberian. He says that because Helm — through the entity Helm Law LLC — maintains joint responsibility for all cases, he’s not, in fact, “referring” matters and is, therefore, “absolutely compliant with Pennsylvania rules of ethics, as well as other applicable jurisdictions.”
As it happens, none of this may even matter. When I ask Thomas Wilkinson, the former Pennsylvania Bar Association president, about the relevant section of Pennsylvania’s rules, he essentially shrugs. “There is not a tremendous amount of policing in Pennsylvania of improper advertising. Sometimes that policing only occurs when there’s been a complaint about the quality of representation or a client feels they’ve been duped in some way. But for the most part, if clients are pleased with the outcomes, they don’t care a great deal about how they got to the lawyer.”
I understand Wilkinson’s point. And yet it still strikes me as odd, the equivalent of a restaurateur — say, Marc Vetri! — running an ad for his restaurant, but then telling you when you call for a reservation that he’s going to get you a table at one of Michael Solomonov’s or Jose Garces’s restaurants.
Then again, for better or worse, what TopDog and so many other personal injury firms are selling is less legal services than the idea of suing in the first place.

His billboard is covered by Philly Voice [17], a profile in OK magazine [18], his social media in Arizona [19]. Judging this against WP:BASIC, "People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject," there are five published independent sources. Little Astros Sign (talk) 11:53, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This article is not significant independent coverage of James Helm, the person: it's mostly quotes of him and his staff about his company and the company's business strategy, with some light background info about Helm as founder. If anything it could count as coverage of TopDog, the company he created. More generally, Helm appears to makes a lot of noise about himself on social media and in the real world, so it's not surprising that some news outlet would quote him or mention him, but that still does not count as significant independent coverage. Separately, I am not convinced that OK! is a reliable source. JBchrch talk 12:56, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have found additional sources about him [20] [21] but to me the article seems to be coverage about both him and his company but are you saying that you think that there is coverage for the company not him? I think the opposite because the articles all describe him as a person as the creator of the billboard, and Philadelphia Magazine article mentions him 18 times. Anyway, WP:BASIC — "the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability" — if Inquirer is already one independent source then the other six sources can combine to at least be one (which is more than one meaning it is multiple)? Little Astros Sign (talk) 13:14, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot access the Law360 article, but the Houston Chronicle article does not appear to offer significant independent coverage of James Helm as a person: it covers the billboard story, mentions that Helm is the person who created it, and quotes Helm. Looking at the sources you provided, the coverage falls in my view under the second prong of the rule you cite, i.e. "trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not usually sufficient to establish notability" (emphasis mine). JBchrch talk 13:24, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hundreds of Wikipedia articles use OK! as a reliable source [22] Little Astros Sign (talk) 20:23, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Three articles plus a few short ones is enough for NBASIC. 🄻🄰 15:01, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
May I ask which three articles you are referring to? JBchrch talk 19:52, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Relisting comment: Relisting. Please do not introduce large amounts of content to an AFD discussion which should focus on the condition of the article and possible sources, not reproducing those sources here.
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Samata (fashion entrepreneur) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Non-notable fashion designer. Lacks significant coverage in reliable sources. Acoustical (talk) 01:41, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Christine Comaford (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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PROD declined by IP. Fails WP:GNG. 🧙‍♀️ Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 16:03, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See also talk page for some discussion on sourcing. 🧙‍♀️ Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 16:10, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep I think she just squeaks through.
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Washington Post
Yes Yes No Passing mention. No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No Yes Yes No
Yes No No
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Yes No affiliation with Comaford. Secondary report of the original article by Comaford. Yes Yes Yes
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Akshay Bardapurkar (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Sources are mostly PR and self-published. Not worthy of an article. Fails GNG. Thilsebatti (talk) 07:50, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: per nominator and Bearian. 🄻🄰 15:07, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: As I can see in the article, the subject has produced 7 movies (one unreleased) and one web series, so I believe the subject clearly meets WP:PRODUCER. Best! Baqi:) (talk) 13:38, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The fact of having produced seven films and a web series, on its own, meets none of the criteria at WP:PRODUCER at all, let alone clearly. I'm not saying he doesn't meet those criteria, just that it takes more than what you said about him. Largoplazo (talk) 14:35, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi @Largoplazo, Thank you for your comments. If you look at point number three under Creative professionals, I believe the subject clearly meets WP:PRODUCER. That said, if in your view the subject still doesn't meet the criteria, could you please clarify what more would be required for them to pass WP:PRODUCER? Best! Baqi:) (talk) 10:37, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    (1) You're treating point 3 as though it says, in its entirety, "The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a collective body of work." (2) Why are you asking me about "if in your view the subject still doesn't meet the criteria" when I stated very clearly "I'm not saying he doesn't meet those criteria"? I wasn't commenting on whether he meets the criteria, I was pointing out that your remarks failed to show that he does. Largoplazo (talk) 11:40, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Largoplazo: Exactly, that’s what I’m trying to understand: what more would be required for the subject to clearly meet that criterion? Baqi:) (talk) 13:25, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I can't help you further because I don't understand what part of the criterion you aren't understanding, if you read all of it, including all the parts that go beyond playing a role in co-creating a collective body of work. Largoplazo (talk) 14:47, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: Agreeing with Baqi, the subject passes WP:NPRODUCER. If someone believes that the subject is non-notable, they need to prove how. It must very obviously pass the notability guidelines. Zuck28 (talk) 18:49, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It's notability that needs to be demonstrated in cases of disagreement, not non-notability. We have criteria for assessing notability, not for assessing non-notability. If it's obvious that the person meets those criteria, you ought to be able to explain how. Largoplazo (talk) 18:57, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: The subject is a well-known and notable figure in Marathi cinema. He is founder of Planet Marathi, with coverage in reliable sources like Hindustan Times and others in regional languages. He clearly meets WP:NPRODUCER. Monhiroe (talk) 06:36, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    While Akshay Bardapurkar may be active in Marathi cinema, notability on Wikipedia is not based on fame or familiarity, but on meeting criteria like WP:GNG and WP:NPROF, WP:NPRODUCER, etc. The article currently lacks multiple, in-depth, independent, and reliably sourced profiles. Most sources are trivial mentions, event-based PR, or local coverage. Several sources are affiliated or self-published.
    The mere founding of a company (Planet Marathi) does not confer notability unless independent, sustained coverage exists about him—not just his projects. As it stands, he does not meet the threshold for WP:NPRODUCER. Thilsebatti (talk) 06:33, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Source analysis
No. Source Type Independence Reliability Notes
1 The Week – "Akshay Bardapurkar: A versatile producer..." Feature/Profile ✅ Independent ✅🟩 Reliable Reliable magazine but tone is promotional and coverage is not critical.
2 Financial Express – "Plays a pivotal role in promoting..." Passing mention ✅ Independent ✅🟩 Reliable Reliable source, but the coverage is trivial.
3 Vogue India – "Entrepreneur redefining culture..." Profile ✅ Independent ✅🟩 Reliable Glossy coverage, borderline promotional.
4 Lokmat – Award announcement ⚠️ Affiliated ✅🟩 Reliable (regional) Affiliated with Marathi cinema; routine coverage.
5 SheThePeople – Award mention ✅ Independent ⚠️🟨 Marginal Source is borderline; not considered highly reliable.
6 IMDb ❌ Self-published ❌🟥 Unreliable Not considered reliable per WP:USERG.
7 Hindustan Times – Celebrity quote ✅ Independent ✅🟩 Reliable Only includes a quote, not about the subject.
8 Maharashtra Times – event coverage ⚠️ Semi-affiliated ✅🟩 Reliable Not in-depth or significant.
9 ABP Majha – launch event ⚠️ Semi-affiliated ✅🟩 Reliable Source is routine and local.
10 YouTube (interviews) ❌ Self-published ❌🟥 Unreliable Fails both WP:RS and WP:INDY.
11 Twitter ❌ Self-published ❌🟥 Unreliable Not usable as source.
12 Indian Express – Film mention ✅ Independent ✅🟩 Reliable Not focused on Bardapurkar, passing role.
13 Mint – business event ✅ Independent ✅🟩 Reliable Brief reference in larger business context.
14 Loksatta – press event ⚠️ Affiliated ✅🟩 Reliable Routine event coverage.
15 Sakal Times – business feature ⚠️ Local independent ⚠️🟨 Marginal Short, low-depth.
16 YourStory ❌ Not reliable ❌🟥 Unreliable Blacklisted per WP:RELIABLE.
17 DNA India ✅ Independent ✅🟩 Reliable Passing mention, not substantial.
18 Mid-Day – interview ✅ Independent ⚠️🟨 Marginal Interview-based, borderline reliability.
19 CineBlitz ⚠️ Semi-affiliated ⚠️🟨 Marginal Considered low-tier entertainment media.
20 India Today – cultural feature ✅ Independent ✅🟩 Reliable One-time event highlight.
21 Business World – award list ✅ Independent ⚠️🟨 Marginal Non-substantive inclusion in a listicle.

All the sources are routine mentions, affiliated coverage, or lack in-depth, critical treatment. The subject don't have independent coverage and fails WP:GNG. Thilsebatti (talk) 06:31, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nick Yates (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Most current references barely touch on him as a person or are entirely about his vending machine company. Maxim and Forbes cites are the best, but they read as puff pieces. Matt Deres (talk) 20:23, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Esufaly Goolamhusen Adamaly (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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There is nothing to establish Goolamhusen's notability. Fails WP:GNG. Raj Shri21 (talk) 07:25, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Arjun Deshpande (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Promotional article of a young businessman without any SIGCOV. Sources are paid pieces. No independent in-depth coverage and fails GNG. Thilsebatti (talk) 11:37, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Rahul Garg (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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A promotional biography of a businessman fails WP:GNG and WP:NBIO. None of the sources constitute WP:SIGCOV. Majorly citations are WP:NEWSORGINDIAWP:ROUTINE, and WP:TRIVIALMENTIONS. Just a detailed resume WP:NOTRESUME. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 11:17, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Kalpesh Mehta (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Article about a lesser-known enterpreneur. There is nothing comprehensive about the person in any of the sources. Sources are routine and mostly PR. Does not meet WP:GNG Thilsebatti (talk) 08:26, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Leaning towards a weak keep; after discounting all PR articles, there are some sources that offer significant coverage.Chanel Dsouza (talk) 11:40, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment: While outlets like India TV, Business Today, and News18 are mentioned in the article, most of the coverage is either routine or promotional in nature. The sources provided by Taabii aren't in-depth, biographical sources. For someone to meet WP:GNG, we need significant coverage in multiple reliable and independent sources, not just passing mentions or PR-style writeups. Most of the article focuses on Mehta’s connection to Tribeca Developers, which seems to function mainly as a marketing or licensing partner for Trump-branded projects in India. That kind of association doesn't automatically establish notability, unless the individual himself has received consistent, independent media attention separate from the brand. A lot of the coverage cited feels promotional, some of it reads more like press releases than independent journalism. The sources focus more on the real estate projects than on Mehta as a notable figure, and they lack any real critical or analytical depth. Claiming this subject passes WP:NBIO seems like a stretch. There’s no clear evidence of any major impact on the real estate industry, no notable awards, and no leadership in globally recognized companies.Thilsebatti (talk) 09:45, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Sanjay ghodawat (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Recreated over and over at Sanjay Ghodawat, until the title got protected. Still nowhere close to meeting WP:GNG. No source with significant, independent coverage. Junbeesh (talk) 09:34, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Abhay Deshpande (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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A promotional biography of a businessman fails WP:GNG and WP:NBIO. None of the sources constitute WP:SIGCOV. Majorly citations are WP:NEWSORGINDIAWP:ROUTINE, and WP:TRIVIALMENTIONS. Just a detailed resume WP:NOTRESUME. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 09:11, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Subhrakant Panda (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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A promotional biography of a businessman fails WP:GNG and WP:NBIO. None of the sources constitute WP:SIGCOV. Majorly citations are WP:NEWSORGINDIAWP:ROUTINE, and WP:TRIVIALMENTIONS. Just a detailed resume WP:NOTRESUME. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 09:05, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep: Subject is definitely Notable. There is extensive coverage of the topic in trustworthy sources (WP:RS) like Business Line, CNBC TV, and The Economic Times that establishes firmly that the topic qualifies under WP:GNG. One of the arguments of the nominator is that the article is written like a resume. I would like to propose that if there are any flaws in the tone or organization of the article, then indeed they may be made better. That's the purpose that editors are here for, to enhance content, not delete it. Baqi:) (talk) 07:19, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: The subject meets WP:GNG. The person's work has won significant critical attention with significant coverage in multiple reliable sources like this. The tone or formatting can be addressed through editing. Monhiroe (talk) 05:56, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep As per significant coverage in multiple reliable sources identified in this discussion that shows a pass of WP:GNG. LKBT (talk) 07:30, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete This article looked promising but it is part of the "Opinion" section of Business Standard. Regardless, I'm not seeing WP:THREE as the rest of the coverage is routine. The author is blocked for sockpuppetry, so this might be eligible for speedy deletion under WP:G5. Yuvaank (talk) 22:42, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Kushal N. Desai (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Procedural renomination. First nomination achieved a no consensus result exclusively because of the keep votes by a group of sockpuppet dedicated to AFD fraud. I'm asking for a re-evaluation of the deletion discussion, now free of brigading by the now blocked group. Reason is same: A promotional biography of a businessman fails WP:GNG and WP:NBIO. None of the sources constitute WP:SIGCOV. Majorly citations are WP:NEWSORGINDIA, WP:ROUTINE, and WP:TRIVIALMENTIONS. Just a detailed resume WP:NOTRESUME. Also, simply being the grandson of an industrialist doesn't justify having a Wikipedia page. Notability cannot be inherited. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 07:14, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Juwon Lawal Razaq (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Does not appear to pass WP:GNG. No valid secondary sourcing that is independent. This reads like a press kit, heavily promotional. m a MANÍ1990(talk | contribs) 02:13, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Highly promotional and of questionable WP:SUSTAINED notability. Amigao (talk) 18:18, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails WP:GNG. Aneirinn (talk) 20:20, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The article has been updated with more credible sources. Let me know if there's any additional changes you would like to see made. Colleenm83 (talk) 02:42, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Non-notable actor. Lacks Wp:SIGCOV. Most of the sources are either passing mentions or non-bylined promotional articles. Wp:NEWSORGINDIA. His acting career consists of two films in which he has non-lead roles, and no award nominations or wins, failing Wp:NACTOR.

His additional credits include non-notable short films and music videos.

He received some press coverage due to his connection with the Ambani and Kapoor families and his marriage but notability is not inherited. Zuck28 (talk) 12:12, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Vera Cherepanova (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NBIO. Not supported by reliable and significant sources. More than half of the current sources ([31][32][33][34][35][36]) are primary. Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 12:51, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note - I draftified the page but the author moved it back to mainspace without improvement. Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 12:54, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note I have a google alert for my name and Mrs. Cherepanova's name - we authored a case together in 2020. The case study received a few awards, including Outstanding New Case Writer - https://www.thecasecentre.org/AwardsComps/winners/year/2020
I know that Vera has a number of other awards and honours but they are industry-specific, e.g. she was named best compliance officer by IBLF / E&Y in 2011 - http://iblfrussia.org/news/detail.php?ID=566
I don't think the article needs to be deleted, but in current form it definitely doesn't reflect Mrs. Cherepanova's achievements and overall impact the made in the EU & US compliance industry.
Needs more work. Normalnot (talk) 09:13, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Normalnot. How did you get a Google alert? Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 10:19, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Fancy Refrigerator I have google alerts https://www.google.com/alerts set up for a number of keywords. The one that fired was for this page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red - through which I found this discussion. All that said, given my connection to Mrs. Cherepanova I'm probably in violation of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:COIE and shouldn't be part of this discussion. Normalnot (talk) 11:10, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Please follow WP:Conflict of interest#How to disclose a COI to make a conflict of interest disclosure. Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 11:26, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep [37], [38] and [39] are enough to establish notability. Thus, it has GNG 102.91.77.177 (talk) 09:05, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Those are primary sources. They should not be used to establish notability. Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 13:10, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The IPs only contribution to WP... Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:39, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Unclear notability. Current sources appear routine and more focused on this person's company than him. I am not sure that he meets notability guidelines as a WP:BUSINESSPERSON. Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 00:10, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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