Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashkar Techy

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 delete. Consensus is that sourcing isn't sufficient, especially for a BLP. If an established editor would like this in draft space, just ask. Star Mississippi 02:41, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ashkar Techy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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A YouTuber whose claim to fame appears to be a brief mention in BBC. The other sources are essentially republished or translated press releases. Fails WP:NBIO. Also, repeatedly moved from draftspace to articlespace by the author without a formal AFC review. M4DU7 (talk) 21:41, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Internet, and India. M4DU7 (talk) 21:41, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep also find this site [1], seems to be a reliable site. Oaktree b (talk) 22:38, 15 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: In-depth coverage in many significant and reliable sources already seen as references. Definetly passes WP:NBIO Jehowahyereh (talk) 14:05, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Convert into Draft/Draftify strange YouTube personality with on the edge of notability. Could be drafte if not deleted. --Bigneeerman (talk) 19:27, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete and Salt. From what I can see, fails WP:SUSTAINED and WP:NOTNEWS, and potentially WP:BLP1E. Our criteria for BLPs requires that sources span a breadth of time chronologically, and I am just not seeing that in this case. Additionally, the sources with sig cov all appear to be about the scandal, running afoul of BLP1E. If we do draftify, the article should be forced to go through the WP:AFC process and I would suggest protections making it only possible for admin to move the draft into main space.4meter4 (talk) 02:25, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 08:45, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Kid says something daft on Youtube, creates passing controversy. That's it. Not notable, fails WP:GNG. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 09:43, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Kerala-related deletion discussions. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:10, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep: Some of the references seem reliable. Onmyway22 talk 05:23, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:58, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Keep: Ashkar Techy is a famous Indian Youtuber has archived many YouTube Creator Awards. "Ashkar techy" is the main channel and he has some other famous channels like Ashkar techy 2.O (253K subscribers). ashkartechy.com is the official website of Ashkar Techy.

The user account HabeebAreekode who voted for Strong Keep may have been created by Ashkar Techy. He accidentally said "ashkartechy.com is my official website"[2] in the above unsigned vote. But after some time he removed[3] those words. He is trying to keep his article and nominated 3 articles created by GPL93 for deletion. 2409:4073:4E9A:7D54:0:0:4F09:F20C (talk) 05:03, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete not only are the sources sub par and unreliable, this is nothing more than vanity spam sourced to blackhat SEO, press releases masquerading as journalism and obvious spam. PRAXIDICAE🌈 17:28, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete fails WP:GNG given that the referencing is not reliable and most coverage is paid for press. GPL93 (talk) 18:47, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete and Salt per 4meter4, Praxidicae and GPL93, and ban sockpuppets, Jehowahyereh and HabeebAreekode from editing and creation of the title, Ashkar Techy. Jenifer Hilton (talk) 08:17, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep the article meets the WP:GNG. SalmanArkd (talk) 16:05, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Blocked. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:28, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete fails GNG.Henriklars (talk) 08:12, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• COMMENT It seems some newly created users trying to create a false alarm and trying hard to remove this page. some comments and edits in the page after this AFD seems suspicious. Particularly user HabeebAreekode, then the IP address (talk) only edit is in this AFD. Then the user who did a keep vote - SalmanArkd also the user talk everyone is newly created account and edited only in this page. This seems strange and intentional. Any admin may please check if they are all same person with multiple accounts Jehowahyereh (talk) 12:41, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  @Jehowahyereh (Non-administrator comment) no comments if they are the same person, but both SalmanArkd and HabeebAreekode have been blocked and tagged as sock/abusing multiple accounts. No admin will also comment publicly if the IP address belongs to either or both accounts for privacy reasons. – robertsky (talk) 18:03, 5 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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.