Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rustomji Edulji Sethna

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 of the debate was DELETE. TigerShark 12:51, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rustomji Edulji Sethna

vanity, non-notable jergen 12:05, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Coment: Was speedy, rm by User:TigerShark. --jergen 12:05, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Sounds like a fine human being, but nonnotable for encyclopedia purposes NawlinWiki 12:35, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete founder of a local boy-scout troop. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:28, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. —Khoikhoi 19:24, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• delete as per Jergen. Chris 06:05, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
• delete and merge into a generic article on Scouting in India. Rlevse 12:58, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: Is there some chance that he is actually notable? Seems like there is potential since he was involved in Scouting as early as 1914, however, it is not documented. Could be the Indian equivalent of James E. West for all we know. I would encourage the original editor to take another whack at this, else I would merge it into article on Scouting in India. --NThurston 16:10, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Posted a message on Arzan's talk page. Seems common courtesy to notify editors of afd. Good practice for the person afd'ing to do this themselves. NThurston 16:10, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment If he were as important as West, it'd have said so. It only says he was a troop leader. Rlevse 16:15, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, on the second line, the author does say so, just no documentation or specifics. I agree that an article that makes such a bold claim MUST include verifiable information. All I am saying is that the author should be given at least a chance to clarify and expand. If he cannot or chooses not to, then action (probably delete and merge) is warranted. At a minimum, someone should have posted a note on his talk page, don't you think? --NThurston 16:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

That's highly POV. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Scouting/RulesStandards#Local_articles_.28Councils_and_smaller_entities.29 for project policy on unit level articles. There are thousands of great unit-level Scouters. There's nothing in this article nor the homepage that makes him standout and meet notability standards. Rlevse 20:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• That's exactly my point. There's nothing in this article that makes him notable, but that doesn't mean that this guy isn't notable. IMO there is some suggestion in the web page that this fellow may have been influential in expanding Scouting in India. Let's give Arzan a chance to edit and expand the article before we make that decision. It seems that I prefer to reserve judgment until I see what Arzan knows. Lack of poor writing isn't an excuse for afd, but rather an excuse for help with the writing. However, if there really isn't anything to this, then let's happily leave it in its current status in the Scouting in India article. NThurston 21:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Per above. StuffOfInterest 15:49, 15 June 2006 (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.