Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raghunatha Reddy

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 keep‎. Mojo Hand (talk) 15:16, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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

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Can't find any interviews or media articles that are about him. The only thing that I can find is passing mentions in Idlebrain.com reviews [1]. He seems to have played the father character in some films and minor characters in some films. I can only find sources about Palle Raghunatha Reddy. DareshMohan (talk) 09:37, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers and India. Shellwood (talk) 11:40, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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• Delete - it's not quantity of films that matter, but quality of coverage that matters. Bearian (talk) 03:14, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

* Delete. No significant coverage on the subject's career in the sources and no coverage is any significant roles were played by the subject. Two of the 4 sources are unreliable WP:ICTFSOURCES. RangersRus (talk) 13:42, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: meets WP:NACTOR as a (very) prolific actor. Actually, some of his numerous (400?) roles in notable productions are not minor so he might also meet the general criterion for actors (same guideline, only a line above). The page can be improved with coverage such as https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/an-actor-par-excellence-661445 (which contains an interview). -Mushy Yank. 00:57, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Agree there's no significant coverage. Don't understand obsessions with pushing things through with hot garbage sources, but here we are again. Hyperbolick (talk) 07:29, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• I, the nominator, withdraw, my nomination in light of the new source added. DareshMohan (talk) 08:52, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  What new source? HansIndia is not independent of the subject. It's an interview. I do not see any reason to withdraw this AFD as no significant coverage exists in secondary independent sources. If you do find 2 or more secondary independent sources with significant coverage on the career and achievements of the subject, then it would be ok to withdraw and please let me know so that I can review and change vote but as of now no reason to withdraw I see. RangersRus (talk) 16:42, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: He is a notable actor. Has a reliable independent source. Jayanthkumar123 (talk) 5:59, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
• Keep: He is a prolific actor and has had substantial roles in several films. There are some full-length Telugu media articles on him that I remember reading, but they are not available online. L5boat (talk) 17:05, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bearian: Care to revote? @Hyperbolick: Did you see The Hans India interview? I’m surprised Mushy Yank found it in the first place as I didn’t find in my WP:BEFORE. As per RangersRus's comment, the interview albeit not being independent goes in depth on the subject's vast theatrical career and even won 1+ awards. Bearian's comment about Indian media deprecation is still valid since this actor was less active after 2008/2009 and did not act in the 2020s. See their comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shalabam.

Deleting a recognized Telugu actor is not something I'm willing to do. Had I found the interview source on my own, I would never have nominated this article for deletion in the first place. DareshMohan (talk) 09:50, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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