Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Upendra Mahato (2nd nomination)

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 delete. There is consensus that the subject does not appear notable at the moment. I see a very recent request for more time to work on this; it does not strike me as very reasonable to relist this for an indefinite amount of time when consensus has already formed, so I will instead delete, and provide a draftspace copy on request that can be worked on with no deadlines. Vanamonde (Talk) 18:43, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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This article about Upendra Mahato is an advert and does not meet WP:GNG. It lacks WP:SIGCOV (indepth coverage) Rath Butcher (talk) 10:27, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Businesspeople, and Nepal. Rath Butcher (talk) 10:27, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. No significant coverage and no way to determine the topic is notable. Fad Ariff (talk) 11:58, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: Previous AFD, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Upendra Mahato and SPI of nominator for this AFD Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nalbarian. Kind regards, — Tulsi 24x7 03:21, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete agree, non-notable. Socking is a concern. Oaktree b (talk) 17:34, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep If the article needs work, it needs work, but the person is notable. Usedtobecool ☎️ 03:33, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Non-notable Nepalese. Just a rich man! Hargovindkhurana (talk) 05:31, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Article is obviously under attack. Usedtobecool ☎️ 13:16, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see no evidence of any attack. Maproom (talk) 06:02, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:51, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Keep As per Tulsi and Usedtobecool, Article is under attack and it is tagged by a sock. The nominator must be blocked immediately. This article is notable. 2405:204:331C:EC9:A54D:D25F:9580:E5A1 (talk) 05:43, 25 August 2022 (UTC) — 2405:204:331C:EC9:A54D:D25F:9580:E5A1 (talk · contribs) has only contributed to the article(s) under discussion for deletion and this XFD page. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:17, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

•  Note: This AfD has been canvassed on the Teahouse. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 05:48, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Courtesy of the IPv6, I am going to go in the weeds on the sources:

• https://www.nepalnews.com/s/politics/chair-dahal-to-resolve-citizenship-related-issue is useless for notability (too sparse). Name-drop, no actual discussion of Mahato.
• https://kathmandupost.com/national/2019/01/16/how-nepals-ultra-rich-are-using-foreign-direct-investment-to-turn-their-black-money-into-white is useless for notability (too sparse). It includes a note that Mahato is involved in an investment freeze between India and Nepal, but otherwise does not talk about him at all.
• https://thehimalayantimes.com/business/priority-should-be-given-to-promote-service-sector is useless for notability (connexion to subject). Interview with non-substantial lede.
• We can't use https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/former-president-of-nrna-mahato-insists-on-self-employment/ (unknown provenance). Role byline; who actually wrote this?
• We can't use https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/55-businessmen-of-nepal-have-stashed-billions-in-swiss-banks-cij-190961 (unknown provenance). The article states that ANI is the author; provide a link to the story on the ANI website.
• We can't use https://english.onlinekhabar.com/from-the-kathmandu-press-thursday-january-17-2019.html (unknown provenance) and even if we could it'd be useless for notability (too sparse).
• I cannot assess any sources archived via the Internet Archive as that website is presently down.
• We can't use https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/oxygen-cylinders-sent-to-nepal-by-nepalis-living-in-the-middle-east (unknown provenance and even if we could it'd be useless for notability (too sparse).
• https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/upendra-mahato-arun-kumar-chaudhary-among-7-nepalis-listed-icijs-panama-papers-data is thus far the only source I see that is of any use for notability.
• https://kathmandupost.com/national/2019/01/16/these-are-the-nepaliand-non-resident-nepalielites-with-investment-in-offshore-companies is useless for notability (too sparse). Names in a list, no actual discussion of him.
• We can't use https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/video-story-it-s-a-dream-come-true-to-secure-scholarship-in-switzerland-s-aiglon-college/ (unknown provenance). Role byline.

• Of the sources I can assess, only one is any good. The rest are likely churnalism, passing mentions, or churnalism mentions. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 05:58, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Little evidence that subject is notable. Maproom (talk) 06:04, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: The first AfD ended up as Keep because the nominator was confirmed as a sock. Rath Butcher, the nominator of this second AfD is suspected of being a sock of the same editor (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nalbarian), but as of 18 August, evaluation in progress. Question is, does that "poison the well," given the weakness of references identified by Jéské Couriano? David notMD (talk) 10:47, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• I will rewrite the article. Give me a couple of days, please. Usedtobecool ☎️ 15:13, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.