Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Debashish Sethy

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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 17:11, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I think this is a case of WP:MEMORIAL. There is no indication of notability prior to death, the incident in which he was killed did not gather major attention, and the posthumous award does not seem to be sufficient to claim notability pass. Soman (talk) 21:21, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:47, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:47, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Shaurya Chakra award-winner, WP:ANYBIO #1. --Titodutta (talk) 11:03, 20 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: The posthumous honour appears to be genuine, as the Odisha Police's official website published a list of Shaurya Chakra awardees in 2021 in which the subject is also included. The list can be found by | clicking here. –Wikipedian India (talk) 6:52, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

• Keep but rename to "Death of Debashish Sethy" or similar; WP:ANYBIO #1 clearly applies to him based on Shaurya Chakra award, but as he is notable solely for his passing, the article should be renamed to account for that. BilledMammal (talk) 01:23, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, as an event it clearly fails WP:GNG and as a biography it fails WP:BASIC, Shaurya Chakra isn't a significant enough award being third highest among gallantry awards and having thousands of recipients. Also do note that, "meeting one or more [of the additional criteria] does not guarantee that a subject should be included". The article is effectively a memorial and improvements don't seem possible with the actual barebones coverage that is available. Tayi Arajakate _Talk 06:26, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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