Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prof Rakesh Sinha

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The result was Delete. Randykitty (talk) 14:03, 7 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Prof Rakesh Sinha

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:ACADEMIC as the article fails to make clear what makes him notable. The Banner talk 22:02, 31 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. lavender|^{(formerlyHMSSolent)}|lambast 01:10, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:27, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep What makes him notable? The fact that he founded a right-wing thinktank. Given the present political situation, these right-wingers often show up in the news and people need to look them up (myself included). In fact, I was looking for information about this man a few days ago, but didn't find it because the page has a spurious "Prof" in the title! I will massage the page into NPOV. Kautilya3 (talk) 23:28, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The reason I was looking him up a couple of days ago was that he is the Government of India's `official' biographer of the founder of the RSS, K. B. Hedgewar, which makes him some soft of a right-wing guru in the present times. Kautilya3 (talk) 09:59, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: as non-notable. Too many people using Wikipedia like LinkedIn or to get their 15 minutes of fame. Quis separabit? 03:03, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: notable because of significant contribution as a professor and writer to Indian political history. RSS is an ideology and being listed as official biographer of its founder by Government of India makes the writer notable. Also regular column in daily national builds his repetition well beyond 15 mins of frame — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ritubhan (talk • contribs) 17:25, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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