Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rahul Banerjee (activist)

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The result was delete. Lord Roem ~ (talk) 07:40, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Rahul Banerjee (activist)

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Prod was disputed. This article came to my attention via this ANI report about canvassing at a related Afd, about a neologism that Banerjee came up with. This article relies entirely on primary sources; I only see three publications that fit WP:RS; Asia Times doesn't mention Banerjee, the Times of India article is one penned by him, as is the Wall Street Journal article. There are no reliable sources with depth-of-coverage about the subject. Original author of this article has been blocked for Checkuser-confirmed sockpuppetry. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 04:25, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 05:05, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 05:05, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete If there's reliable independent sourcing in there somewhere, someone needs to point it out. Fawning and promotional. E Eng 15:24, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I agree that the current state of the article is very poor. Rahul Banerjee was apparently a founder of the Adivasi Morcha Sangathan[1], which appears to be a significant organisation.[2][3]. He was arrested and jailed in 2001, allegedly for "criminal conspiracy", following a fatal clash between Adivasis and the police in Dewas related to AMS.[4][5][6]. He is also a leader of KMCS (Khedut Mazdoor Chetana Sangath), another NGO, and has been quoted in the press on various social issues in Madhya Pradesh.[7][8][9]. His novel theories of "Survival Edge Technology" and "anarcho-environmentalism" haven't received any external coverage so far as I can see. I was unable to verify that he (or his wife) had ever received a MacArthur Fellowship[10], and his citation metrics are quite low[11]. Cheers, gnu 57 18:46, 7 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete. He may have a weak claim to meeting NPROF, but it's not clear-cut enough for me; and I don't see him meeting GNG. Vanamonde (Talk) 21:41, 16 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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