Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gurdeep Pandher

Gurdeep Pandher

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Advertorially toned WP:BLP of a writer and bhangra dancer, without the depth or breadth of coverage needed to properly support notability. While there are reliable sources being cited here, they are virtually all in the context of a single viral YouTube video, which just makes him a WP:BLP1E as things stand today — there's no real evidence of notability shown here for his writing apart from the simple fact that it exists. And while the advertorialized viral video spin is a recent rewrite of an older article that was much more (but not perfectly) neutral and concentrated on his writing, it didn't properly demonstrate notability as a writer either, amounting to "he exists" and parking that on a single source — so the article would not become keepable just by reverting the PR bumf either. I'm also bundling the newly created article about his book, which makes no claim of notability at all except existing and cites no sources whatsoever — technically that article's actually outright speediable, but I felt it better to keep it attached to this discussion. As always, neither writers nor books are automatically entitled to Wikipedia articles just because they exist; certain specific standards of notability have to be attained, and certain specific standards of reliable source coverage have to support them, for an article to become earned. Bearcat (talk) 14:17, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(Note by Mark Hilton): This article is about the real person Gurdeep Pandher and his works, I am not sure why CAPTAIN RAJU is recommending it for deletion! I am recommending to keep the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarkHilton (talk • contribs) 20:04, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Notability on Wikipedia is not a matter of "this person exists and therefore must automatically have an article" — a person has to have achieved something that passes a Wikipedia notability criterion, such as winning a notable literary award for his writing, for a Wikipedia article to become earned. It is not something that everybody is entitled to just for existing. For one thing, your comment seems to imply that you think somebody said he wasn't a real person — but nobody said that in the first place, and "is a real person" is not, in and of itself, automatically grounds for a Wikipedia article. Bearcat (talk) 20:25, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(Note by Mark Hilton): This person is an author of two books. One of them is 3 times sold out. And he is bhangra artist, poet and singer. CBC News, BBC, USA Today, etc. covered him. He has viral videos. Nearly half-million people follow him on social media. I am not sure what else needs to be done to mark someone a notable person!

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 19:15, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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