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Khan Shein Kunwar[edit]

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Was nominated for AfD before, closed as soft delete, and then restored. Clearly does not meet notability guidelines; the only source is a dead link. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 19:13, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and India. — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 19:13, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:26, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Not meeting notability for authors; the one source used in the article isn't helpful. I can't find any sort of discussion in a RS. This was deleted on the 8th of May. I'd likely SALT as well. Oaktree b (talk) 20:15, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. If I had to remove all the unsourced content on the page, only the title would be left on the page. Fails WP:GNG, WP:BIO, WP:SIGCOV. RangersRus (talk) 12:08, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rik Amrit[edit]

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The article lacks significant coverage in third-party reliable sources. The currently cited sources are either passing mentions or unreliable, and a search in Google News did not yield anything useful. GSS ^💬 05:47, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Poetry, and India. GSS ^💬 05:47, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, although there are number of sources cited, but these are apparently unreliable, could not established the notability as per WP:NBIO. Pinakpani (talk) 06:15, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, non-notable. Ahmed Reza Khan (talk) 08:09, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: As per my check, I looked for in-depth coverage from multiple independent secondary sources but couldn’t find any. The sources are just passing mentions or unreliable. Therefore, the article fails WP:GNG. GrabUp - Talk 12:09, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers and West Bengal. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:24, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Theatre-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:24, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Subject fails WP:BIO with poor sources. Page fails WP:GNG. Subject is not well known who made any significant achievement worthy of notice to warrant a Wikipedia page on. RangersRus (talk) 12:18, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Abhijit Mukherjee (earth scientist)[edit]

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Not notable Akeosnhaoe (talk) 13:56, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and India. Shellwood (talk) 14:21, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: As per my checking, I found no reliable secondary sources with in-depth coverage that can establish notability. The sources are just passing mentions, and the subject fails to meet the WP:GNG criteria. The majority of the article is also unsourced. GrabUp - Talk 15:39, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of West Bengal-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:49, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as passes WP:PROF criteria 1 with well cited works as shown at Google Scholar here and has won a notable award Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology so deserves to be included, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 19:24, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, it fulfils the notability criterion as per WP:PROF since the person received the SS Bhatnagar Prize, the highest science award in India. Pinakpani (talk) 06:01, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, the subject has 6400 citations and an h-index of 45 on Scopus, as well as multiple first-author papers with 100+ citations. Passes C1 and probably C2. JoelleJay (talk) 16:01, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above passes WP:PROF.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 08:40, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Next West Bengal Legislative Assembly election[edit]

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WP:NCRYSTAL. Nothing about the election has been declared yet, no WP:RS are currently talking about it. Should be recreated closer to the election, once actual sources start discussing it.

There are some sources that vaguely talk about this election, but they're all in passing or in context of other elections - [1] [2] [3] Soni (talk) 13:50, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politics and India. Soni (talk) 13:50, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of West Bengal-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 15:53, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Next elections pass WP:CRYSTAL. I'm not sure what makes this one different. SportingFlyer T·C 23:04, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There will be a number of duplicate comments on this given how 5 different AFDs were based on the same prior consensus (they didn't fall under WP:MULTIAFD by my read). So I'm going to make all general comments about evaluation of NCRYSTAL and similar on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Next Assam Legislative Assembly election instead of replying the same things 5x. I'll keep finding sources or replying about sources in each specific AFD. Soni (talk) 23:37, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not ready for Mainspace, it's WP:TOOSOON. Based.Kashmiri ^(🗨️) 07:11, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. WP:TOOSOON. Way down in the future and Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, nor is it a collection of unverifiable content. RangersRus (talk) 11:53, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discrimination against Bengalis in India[edit]

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The whole article is WP:OR and is making connection of any unfavorable event that occurred in or around West Bengal as discrimination against its people. Ratnahastin (talk) 09:08, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Ethnic groups, Social science, and West Bengal. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 10:54, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:POVFORK of various articles. Orientls (talk) 12:51, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Too much WP:SYNTH and it is not a notable topic on its own. Agletarang (talk) 18:53, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep There are numerous sources in the article documenting the discriminations against Bengalis which makes this topic notable per WP:GNG. This article is even selected as one of the Level 5 Vital articles in English Wikipedia. Shubhrojeet (talk) 05:38, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
DELETE - such existence will incite communal hatred in Wikipedia. This kind of page shouldn't be allowed in Wikipedia. --Twinkle1990 (talk) 09:01, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Discrimination happens against almost every social group but the topic has to be notable as well. Lorstaking (talk) 09:50, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and all unfavorable events that occurred in or around West Bengal as discrimination against its people.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 19:54, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: While this might be a clear Delete, I'm seeing too much opinion and not enough policy-based arguments about this article. Let's lower the temperature and consider how this article does or doesn't abide by Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Just because discrimination happens against other groups isn't a good reason to delete this particular article. I also note that this AFD has been available for closure for other 13 hours and no admin has opted to close it which made me consider whether it needed more substantive discussion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:40, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I did a google scholar search for "anti-bengali discrimination india" and found a decent number of sources that seem to contribute to WP:GNG. I don't see a good reason to delete at this time.CarringtonMist (talk) 16:10, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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