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R. Arun Kumar

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Unable to find any significant coverage that can satisfy WP:NPOL. The references are about his appointment as a member of a political party. I would be more happy if you provide any in-depth coverage. Bakhtar40 (talk) 05:06, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Politicians, Politics, India, and Odisha. Bakhtar40 (talk) 05:06, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete; does not meet WP:NPOL or WP:GNG; with the exception of this source, all sources in the article are about the new members of the party being elected, so indepth sources cannot be guaranteed. Nothing other than the sources in the article showed up on Google. ToadetteEdit (7M articles) 07:02, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep or Draftify : This article has more citations than many biography articles in Wikipedia. There are atleast three sources having significant coverage on the subject. (https://www.deshabhimani.com/deshabhimani-english-/cpim-24th-party-congress-54751/new-members-to-cpim-polit-bureau-98849) (https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/cpm-elects-arun-kumar-to-politburo-1871349) (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AD2Cs3QrY/) More sources can be added with time. So deletion is not the curation option. The article can be draftified if most editors think that this article needs improvement.
XYZ 250706 (talk) 09:18, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have found three articles written by the subject on NewsClick. (https://www.newsclick.in/author/r-arun-kumar) I think these can be added as his political views. XYZ 250706 (talk) 09:23, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Besides I found some of his speeches in social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram (all from verified page). Some days ago I also found him criticising education system in Andhra Pradesh under Chandrababu Naidu in a Telugu source. XYZ 250706 (talk) 07:35, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Without resorting to WP:OTHERSTUFF, I think it's worth noting the amount of blue-links at Template:Democratic_State_Chairs, even though state party chairs are generally less important that national leadership of national parties in India. There are only six national parties now in India and one of them Bahujan Samaj Party will soon lose the status as per ECI rules. So CPI(M), the political party of the subject, is one of the six (five after ECI official announcement) national parties in India. XYZ 250706 (talk) 07:41, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: The individual does not meet notability guidelines. A huge number of the sources used are in relation to him becoming a Politburo member, and not much proves his individual notability EarthDude (talk) 20:19, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 15:54, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment : Anyone didn't comment on the possible improvements I suggested. I hope the editors will do such soon. Deletion is not the motive of Wikipedia, improvement is the motive XYZ 250706 (talk) 05:39, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]