Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D. Bap Reddy

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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 No consensus, leaning towards keep, since most of the delete "votes" were made before the improvement to the article. Stifle (talk) 11:30, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] D. Bap Reddy

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Contested PROD. On googling his name, most of the results that turn up are about his official capacity. Yes, he is with United Nations, but that in itself cannot be a notable thing. Article in its present form is more like a directory entry and hence proposed for deletion. Prashanthns (talk) 19:06, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete per WP:N. --Jacob Talk 20:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, per WP:N, not only is article unsourced WP:OR violation but also appears to be copyvio. Cirt (talk) 22:46, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
uh?How is it a copy-vio? There are only 2 lines in the article!;)Prashanthns (talk) 22:53, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete unless notability can be established. Merely being associated with the UN in some capacity seems insufficient. --Kinu t/c 01:02, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete unsourced and insufficiently notable. Bencherlite Talk 07:33, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
    • Still needs sources, but not now convinced he's not notable in the light of improvements to the article. Bencherlite Talk 00:08, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete per CSD:A7. Tagged. Stifle (talk) 19:23, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Comment An earlier speedy was declined. Prashanthns (talk) 19:35, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
And I removed this one. What is asserted is possibly notable. DGG (talk) 23:03, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete No evidence of notability whatsoever. OhNoitsJamie Talk 20:05, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Unsure about this one. It is true that currently the article is in terrible shape, no references or sources. But the guy might actually have been a notable agricultural scientist/ecologist and it is possible that he might pass WP:PROF. Apparently there is something called "Dr. D. Bap Reddy National Award for Integrated Pest Management" by Plant Protection Association of India[1]. GoogleScholar does not show much in terms of citability of his work[2] but GoogleBooks returns 81 hits[3]. Granted, many of these are books/articles/technical reports by him, rather than citations of his work (of which there are still quite a few). However, we are talking about someone who did most of his scholarly work in the 60s and, moreover, in India, so one could understand that the electronicaally available sources might be scarce. One of the references above is to some book[4] where he is explicitly characterized as "eminent agricultural scientist" (although the publication date of 1936 looks strange to me in view of his age; I think that date might be wrong or something). So, all in all, I have a feeling that we might be missing some significant info here that might show actual bona fide notability. Still, unless some knowledgeable person actually digs up some more conclusive references to indicate his academic notability, the article probably would have to be deleted. Nsk92 (talk) 23:37, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Article looking better now. An IP editor is working, it seems. Assuming that all that is added is true, his notability may be asserted. Sources lacking for now. Good research work there. Prashanthns (talk) 21:21, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes, but there are still no references in the article to substantiate the info added. Nsk92 (talk) 21:30, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment The article has been brought to AFD very quickly. Let's give some time to the article, we may find sources establishing a stronger notability. He has also been cited in a 1948 article of the Oakland Tribune. As for my !vote, don't delete just now. Cenarium (talk) 00:05, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Fabrictramp (talk) 23:59, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Comment from relisting admin: Article has changed substantially since the majority of the above discussion took place. Relisting so the discussion can focus on the article as it now stands.--Fabrictramp (talk) 23:59, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment he does seem to be mentioned in some papers in Google Scholar, Google search turns up Scholar related results and he is shown to be the author of 37 books on Google Books [5]. I would say that conveys some notability, but he does not seem to meet human notability criteria. I'm going to have to stay neutral on this one—Preceding unsigned comment added by Atyndall (talk • contribs)
  • Comment The article has definitely got some sources, but they are links to people who got an award named after him. No sources for the biographical details or his acheivements as yet. His university days has a source from a newspaper archive which mentions him as a president of the Indian students union, while the other two sources are from profiles of the awardees. HOwever, per User:Nsk92 above, in view of his work being in the 70's and 80's and him being from India, electronic sources may be few. NOtability indicated if not asserted. Going neutral on this one for now. Prashanthns (talk) 06:51, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. The fact that the Plant Protection Association of India chose to name an award after him would seem to show clear notability, as well as all the stuff found at Google Books and Scholar, which is far more than you would expect to find for a non-notable person who was active in the pre-Internet era. Phil Bridger (talk) 14:55, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. With an award named after you, there is a pretty good chance you are in fact notable. The article is fairly verifiable as it stands now, and though it doesn't meet the letter of the notability guidelines for biographies, I think we can safely assume that this is a notable person, even if he doesn't meet our guidelines. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 09:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.