Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nikhil chandwani

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:36, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nikhil chandwani

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Not adequately supported by reliable sources. References are echo of press releases. Bisswajit 09:35, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:49, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:49, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The same article exists at User:NIkhil Chandwani, a WP:SPA account whose editing history consists of trying to place an article on Nikhil Chandwani. This time, though, the article with this text has been contributed by User:Dlovernikhil96, another WP:SPA. This strongly indicates they are the same person. In addition, there was a previous biography deleted at AfD in 2011; apparently it is insufficiently similar for a CSD G4, but there is a pattern of repeat placements. AllyD (talk) 19:36, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It is also worth noting that page protection is in place against repeated re-creation of articles entitled "Nikhil Chandwani", which is why we now find ourselves at AfD with an article miscapitalised as "Nikhil chandwani". AllyD (talk) 05:56, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The UK Writers Forum award that is played-up in the text is from a website "www.ukwritersforum.com" on which there is no evidence of notability (and no Alexa rating). The subject's books have been published through self-publishing firms (CreateSpace, Omji Publishing). That leaves any claim to notability resting on the claimed "Indian National Award" in December 2012, if anyone can identify whether this is of biographical notability as an award. AllyD (talk) 20:02, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, as per previous AfD consensus: The claim to be "considered one of the top 5 authors from India" seems to trace back only to the author of User:NIkhil Chandwani (a WP:FAKEARTICLE userpage which was copied into main article space here). The article sources, such as they are, appear to be just PR reprints replaying the subject's various claims; no evidence of notability has been found. AllyD (talk) 20:14, 24 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and salt That the sources available are press releases is made transparent by their wording and repetition across publications. --j⚛e decker ^talk 22:28, 30 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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