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St Elizabeth convent school Vellarikundu

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Fails WP:GNG, WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES, WP:NOR, WP:ORG. Fails everything! Schools don't have notability just because they are is an existing. ~Rafael (He, him) • Talk • Guestbook • Projects 13:35, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Arjuna Natural

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Fails WP:NCORP and WP:CORPDEPTH. Indian media sources should be viewed carefully, as they often present press releases including product launches, new initiatives, and funding news as news WP:RSNOI, WP:ROUTINE. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 06:47, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sreekandeshwa Kalashetram art institution

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Unable to find sources for this to show that it meets WP:GNG and WP:NORG. A previous draftification was contested. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:23, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete The title is perhaps misspelled or mistransliterated because there are literally 0 non-Wikipedia Google-hits for "Sreekandeshwa Kalashetram". The same editor also created the article for the institution's director Kalamandalam Sivadath, but I seriously doubt that he meets WP:GNG and I've moved it to draftspace until sources can be found. Pichpich (talk) 14:45, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ajas Pukkadan

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Does not pass WP:NACTOR and looks more of a WP:TOOSOON with no notable WP:RS Agent 007 (talk) 17:55, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Per WP:NACTOR. Just a child doing their first works, without in-depth coverage. Svartner (talk) 02:39, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No evidence of roles in notable productions or unique contributions to entertainment. Also fails WP:GNG due to a lack of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Editor1769 10:30, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - we have often deleted articles on child actors (including Mike McGovern, who played Little Nemo), out of an abundance of caution. That is a longstanding consensus. Bearian (talk) 11:28, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Joy Philip Kakkanattu

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The article does not demonstrate significant coverage in independent reliable sources. Most of the references are affiliated publications, without the depth required to satisfy GNG. Thilsebatti (talk) 10:16, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: As per the nomination. No SIGCOV in secondary WP:RS. Zuck28 (talk) 00:44, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Salvio giuliano

11:19, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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 was keep‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:55, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Faith Theological Seminary, Manakala

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Fails WP:ORG and no presence of independent sources. Thilsebatti (talk) 04:37, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn by nominator.Thilsebatti (talk) 17:49, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - I don't see any independent sources. Bearian (talk) 11:36, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Poor to unreliable sources. Fails GNG. Zuck28 (talk) 01:10, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Passes WP:SIGCOV. This independent academic book published by Brill Publishers describes the school as "one of the premier theological education institutions in India" on page 100. There's also coverage in this book, published by Edinburgh University Press, and in this journal, and [this book. There's a bunch more in google books and google scholar.4meter4 (talk) 02:04, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
4meter4, can you elaborate on how this passes SIGCOV? The first book you linked appears to have one page of coverage (on p. 180). Ross-2019 p. 151–152 has one paragraph. George-2013 is available from WP:TWL, and has one paragraph on p. S-188. I did not search books or scholar myself, but can you list two or three sources that have book or chapter-length coverage, or a journal article in which it is the main subject? From what I can see so far, there isn't significant coverage in even one independent source. Mathglot (talk) 07:58, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. In this case we have encyclopedic claims about the institution in reliable source. If we have independent sources saying this is a significant school, even if it is not lengthy, those claims to my mind are strong evidence of notability. It's not the length here of the text but the actual statements about the school indicating this is an encyclopedic topic. One of the sources states it was the first Pentecostal seminary to gain university accreditation in India, and the first to offer master and doctoral level degrees, and for that reason, a large percentage of Pentecostal academics in Christian theology in India are graduates of the school. Best.4meter4 (talk) 12:25, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 04:17, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I would like to withdraw this nomination based on new findings by 4meter4 as per WP:HEY . However since there is already two deletion votes, I'm leaving the closure upto the admins or any other editors in good standing. Thanks. Thilsebatti (talk) 17:52, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep in view of the multiple reliable sources identified by 4meter4 which together show that WP:GNG is passed and deletion is unnecessary in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 21:31, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per 4meter4's sourcing. This will need an admin closure, despite the nom being convinced, as the two delete's have not revised their !votes. Jclemens (talk) 22:36, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to take back my comment. Zuck28 (talk) 22:38, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I struck it for you. See the Help:Cheatsheet on how to strike comments. Best.4meter4 (talk) 13:34, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – Per 4meter4. Svartner (talk) 00:36, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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.

Nithish Sahadev

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The subject is a director with only one released feature film and no significant coverage in independent, reliable secondary sources demonstrating lasting notability. Thilsebatti (talk) 08:41, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Per nom. Only one film as the main director, without any major repercussions. Svartner (talk) 16:29, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Meets Wp:Director as director of at least one notable film, that received independent coverage. - E. Ux 18:09, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep/Draftify per WP:TOOEARLY. He has only directed one notable short film and one feature film, let his other 2 upcoming films release first. DareshMohan (talk) 22:25, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Fade258 (talk) 14:11, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge one way or the other. It used to be common practice to merge the film into the director's article, but nowadays it's the other way. Bearian (talk) 15:25, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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