Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/V. Kalyanasundaram

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 of the debate was keep. Article greatly improved over the course of the Afd. Current content clearly establishes this person as historically significant. Friday (talk) 04:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

V. Kalyanasundaram

Probably another speedy deletion candidate, but I would like to bring this before AFD, just in case. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:05, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Nuke it does not establish notability except as clear fancruft ... i'd have speedied this under A7 myself.  ALKIVAR™ 07:30, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

• Delete vanity and POV. Elfguy 14:46, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Seems to be a noted Tamil scholar based on some google research on "Thiru V. Kalyanasundara Mudaliar" [1] [2] Seems to have some type of academic award named after him as well. Avi 16:50, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
  • For an article to contain a sentence like To sum up, the Tamils are what they are now mostly because of Dr. U.V. Swaminatha Iyer it better has sources. This article has none at all. Elfguy 18:41, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
    • I added one source and categorized the article. It needs cleanup but seems to be a keeper. -- Avi 20:48, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep A noted and highly respected scholar within South India. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 17:33, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep --HasNoClue 22:03, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as per Siva1979. Blnguyen 00:08, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, no notability established. Stifle 09:58, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Notable. Notability was established. See the external link. The Hindu is a reliable source. Needs cleanup. - Ganeshk (talk) 15:01, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep There is a Thiru Vi Ka Industrial estate in Chennai, I believe it is named after the same person.--Raghu 03:10, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
• Very strong Keep Deleting this would be analogous to deleting a badly-written stub on William Hazlitt. I should very much hope that stubs about non-Europeans won't be marked for speedy deletion simply because someone hasn't heard of them. -- Arvind 23:41, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep Appears to be a notable person (certainly not vanity, considering that he's not living)...it might need more sources though. Ardric47 03:54, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
• Very strong keep. I completely agree with Arvind's comment above. I was deeply pained to see User:Alkivar's comment above. I would also urge those who voted "delete" on account of perceived non-notability to reconsider their vote after seeing this and other references added to the article. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 05:33, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
• Bulldoze it...no notability established...and some obscure guy... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.180.28.6 (talk • contribs)
  • Do not feed the trolls. -- Sundar ^{\talk \contribs} 04:10, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

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.