Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gaur Gopal Das

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 17:56, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Gaur Gopal Das

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Not a notable person. Like any other motivational speaker, his name appears in lists of speakers at events, but the sources provided in the article do not show how he meets WP:GNG. The awards he has won are not notable, and the article looks very much like a promotional effort (just like most of the sources quoted are). Wikipedia is not a vehicle for promotion. bonadea contributions talk 15:46, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. bonadea contributions talk 15:52, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. bonadea contributions talk 15:52, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep - He is also called by name "Gaur Gopal Prabhu", He has been gained immense popularity all over India in social media as well as in news channels/ News papers. He got his facebook & twitter accounts verified as well, before anyone could jump on and start saying that verified page is not considered as parameter for notability.... I got to tell you one thing, Sometime we Wikipedians has to think in real word scenario and should not sit and start finding traces of notability over internet. Thanks ! Apologies if you find anything wrong in my comment. Proud to be Indian <3 :)

Have few questions

How many of an Indian motivational speakers given their speech in Google's head office? --> Very rare--> This guy did this
How many of an Indian motivational speakers given their speech British Parliament? --> Very few--> This guy did this

want some more? Who are we to decide his notability, Answer is... Yes, we are just a common people. We are not any CEO of Google or Administrator of British Parliament, who knew his notability very well, to invite him to their office to enlighten people minds. Thanks for reading this! Have a nice day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NaveenNkadalaveni (talk • contribs) 16:25, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but the followup question to those claims has to be "where are the sources for that"? You already know that Facebook and Twitter accounts are not indicators of notability as Wikipedia defines it, but it looks like you might be under the impression that sources have to be online (if I interpret your comment "finding traces of notability over internet" correctly). That is not the case. Most online sources are useless as far as showing notability is concerned, and many offline sources (books published by reputable publishers, reliable printed newspapers and magazines, etc) are perfectly acceptable as sources as long as they actually support the information in the article. There are no sources at all for the claim that he was especially invited by Google's CEO (and I'm sorry, but that in itself would not mean the person was notable as Wikipedia defines it), and the sources for his speaking in front of Parliament are not independent/secondary (and again, his speaking there is not a claim to notability in itself. Many people do that. If theie speech is discussed in secondary sources it's a claim to notability, if not, it's not.) --bonadea contributions talk 15:06, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom, no evidence that the subject meets the relevant notability guidelines and reads like a piece of promotion. GSS (talk|c|em) 15:25, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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