Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/C. R. Manohar

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The result was speedy keep. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:29, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

C. R. Manohar (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Fails WP:GNG, and WP:SIGCOV. All the non-passing references found on internet are about him as a candidate for election, not as a producer. Fails WP:ANYBIO as well. —usernamekiran(talk) 21:53, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment: An article with a similar name by the same creator was deleted through PRoD. The talkpage notice can be found here. Possible COI. Subject's photo is uploaded by creator as own work. —usernamekiran(talk) 21:57, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:16, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:17, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Article is defintely in dire need of cleanup, but he's not just a candidate for election — he has won, and holds, a seat in the Karnataka Legislative Council (the upper house of a state legislature) and thus passes WP:NPOL #1 — and because it's India, the good sources are far more likely to be in Kannada (that's an Indian language, not a misspelling of Canada!) rather than English. Bearcat (talk) 22:18, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Bearcat: I don't think he is an MLA, neither MLC. Could you please provide any source for that? I tried, but I couldnt find. —usernamekiran(talk) 23:55, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Well, firstly he appears in the list of members on the Legislative Council's article (and has appeared there since December 2015, so this isn't a recent bit of vandalism). And secondly, sources like [1] and [2] do contain references to "C. R. Manohar MLC". I'll grant that those are namechecks which aren't brilliant at supporting notability, but they do demonstrate that the base claim is true. And, of course, I have little doubt that a lot more sources about him would be found in Karnataka's own dominant language than in English per se. Bearcat (talk) 00:06, 19 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

 Request withdrawn Although I had performed a WP:BEFORE I came across the result that Bearcat found; in that particular result, I mistook "MLC" as a person (a common practice in south Indian states, like person NTR). A very time-consuming search, and after many keywords, I found a Deccan Chronicle article that confirms the subject being an MLC. —usernamekiran(talk) 23:14, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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