Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Maharashtra

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Mahendra Mehta

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A promotional biography of a businessman fails WP:GNG and WP:NBIO. None of the sources constitute WP:SIGCOV. Just a brief resume WP:NOTRESUME. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 09:41, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Man with a solid corporate career, with routine announcements about his appointments. No indication of notability. Mccapra (talk) 09:49, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Europe Asia Business School

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Fails WP:NSCHOOL and WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. There is no independent coverage. The entire page is filled with promotional content and doesn't provide any useful information. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 10:08, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Seamedu School of Pro-Expressionism

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Fails WP:NSCHOOL and WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. There is no independent coverage. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 10:07, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Kohinoor-IMI School of Hospitality Management

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Fails WP:NSCHOOL and WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. There is no independent coverage. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 10:05, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Balaji Institute of Modern Management Pune

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Fails WP:NSCHOOL and WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. There is no independent coverage. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 10:04, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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FLAME University

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Fails WP:NSCHOOL and WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. There is no independent coverage. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 10:02, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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JetSynthesys

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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) 06:33, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Pinnacle Industries

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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) 06:34, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Saurabh V. Gadgil

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A promotional biography of a businessman fails WP:GNG and WP:NBIO. None of the sources constitute WP:SIGCOV. Majorly citations are WP:NEWSORGINDIA, WP:ROUTINE, and WP:TRIVIALMENTIONS. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 06:39, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to P. N. Gadgil Jewellers as I can’t see how this subject is independently notable. Mccapra (talk) 10:12, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Faisal Farooqui

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A promotional biography of a businessman fails WP:GNG and WP:NBIO. None of the sources constitute WP:SIGCOV. Majorly citations are WP:NEWSORGINDIA, WP:ROUTINE, and WP:TRIVIALMENTIONS. TC-BT-1C-SI (talk) 06:42, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Tata Capital

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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) 06:49, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge with Tata Group – As WP:ATD. Svartner (talk) 08:50, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Tata Sons - For now at least. A subsidiary of a subsidiary with coverage mainly consisting of routine announcements. Unless someone can point out the significant coverage under WP:CORPDEPTH as I am unable to locate any. --CNMall41 (talk) 21:35, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mugdha Vaishampayan

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Not notable, looks like a promotional/paid article. KnightMight (talk) 01:42, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep: The article isn't promotional. I think the references add up to notability. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 02:58, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep. Passes WP:GNG per the sources extant in the article. Concur with Eastmain that the article doesn't appear to be promotional.4meter4 (talk) 03:41, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Prathamesh Laghate

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Not notable. KnightMight (talk) 21:48, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi Li'l Champs – Fails in WP:ONEEVENT, being a finalist on a reality show do not guarantee notability. Svartner (talk) 00:33, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi Li'l Champs. Concur with the BLP1E fail, as the subject is mentioned in numerous sections at the target page a more precise redirect does not seem to be possible. Devonian Wombat (talk) 12:59, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tariq Mushtaq Khatri

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Not notable per WP:CREATIVE and the article is WP:OVERCITE for a WP:BLP1E that too not a notable work. Its more of a WP:PROMOTION here only. Agent 007 (talk) 14:54, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: There is no evidence of notability, with the majority of coverage coming from WP:NEWSORGINDIA. The subject fails to meet WP:GNG. Baqi:) (talk) 15:02, 27 August 2025 (UTC) Blocked sock. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 05:07, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. WP:CITEOVERKILL. Crazy that there are a f***ing 16 sources for one paragraph. ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 16:49, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete – Per above and WP:BOMBARD. Svartner (talk) 21:34, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The WP:NEWSORGINDIA sources fail, otherwise failing on WP:SIGCOV grounds. Iljhgtn (talk) 06:10, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Promotional article with non notable awards. Fails SIGCOV. Zuck28 (talk) 15:29, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Aresh Banaji

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non-notable music engineer - at best a background person who has no significant coverage anywhere other than their name appearing as a passing mention (ie. "my assistant" and as a title in print) COOLIDICAE🕶 17:01, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: Sourcing seems to be in articles about other people where this person is only named, nothing specific about them. I don't see any coverage either, only the name used in articles about other people. Oaktree b (talk) 20:36, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Respectable, but not notable career. –DMartin 22:16, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails WP:NPRODUCER, a cursory search revealed nothing useful. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 13:42, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I thought the subject met criterion 2 of WP:NMUSICOTHER when I reviewed it, but it was a poor sense of assessment on my part. I will go with the majority’s decision to delete. Charlie (talk) 15:27, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails on WP:NPRODUCER as mentioned. Non-notable and lacking WP:SIGCOV. Iljhgtn (talk) 05:25, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Firstsource

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Primary sources and no NCORP-eligible sources. Promotion and more promotion Jazzbanditto (talk) 11:04, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Another WP:LISTED pass thanks to analyst coverage in sources such as [1] [2] [3]. Yuvaank (talk) 21:09, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I usually !vote to delete such lists, but per Yuvaank's comment and sources this is a Keep. Iljhgtn (talk) 20:50, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui

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I did a simple Google search on this person and only found a few fan-promoted websites. The article cites nine references: sources 1 and 7 are unreliable, user-generated fandom sites; 8 and 9 are death notices about someone else, with no direct relevance; and 5 and 6 are not references at all. The only primary source (Ahmad Noori) is used twice, but it is also unverifiable. No secondary sources are present to demonstrate the significance of this person as a religious figure per Wikipedia guidelines. Fails WP:GNG and WP:BIO. Delete.–𝐎𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐥 𝐐𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢 ʕʘ̅͜ʘ̅ʔ 08:17, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep: The nomination's rationale is flawed. A simple Google search does not determine notability, especially for a historically significant figure like Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui, a prominent Barelvi scholar and Sufi in India and Pakistan.

Multiple reliable secondary sources, including scholarly Islamic websites and books, document his influence as a qari, preacher, and founder of Madrasa Anwar-ul-Islam. His authored works, like Samajiyaat, further establish notability under WP:AUTHOR.

Sources 1 and 7 are not user-generated but reputable Islamic platforms; 8 and 9 are mischaracterized, as they provide context on his Barelvi contributions. Siddiqui’s cultural and religious impact in Sufism meets WP:GNG and WP:BIO. Zuck28 (talk) 14:07, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zuck28: Do you have any idea what secondary sources are? If you do, please share at least one. The number 1 source is https://www.thesunniway.com and number 7 is https://alahazrat.net . How did you reach the conclusion that these are reputable historical websites? What is their editorial methodology? Their very names suggest that they are fandom-style blogs run by specific groups. According to WP:SELFSOURCE and WP:USERGENERATED, such fansites are generally not acceptable as sources. The only unverifiable primary source is (Ahmad Noori). According to WP:PSTS, Secondary or tertiary sources are needed to establish the topic's notability and avoid novel interpretations of primary sources. All analyses and interpretive or synthetic claims about primary sources must be referenced to a secondary or tertiary source and must not be an original analysis of the primary-source material by Wikipedia editors. So, in that case, we have no secondary scholarly sources to verify the topic's notability.–𝐎𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐥 𝐐𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢 ʕʘ̅͜ʘ̅ʔ 17:23, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep: I have found a few sources that we can consider. Since this is not a BLP, I think we can allow for a bit more flexibility here. A detailed biography of the subject is available in the book Anwār-e-‘Ulamā-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, Sindh (pp. 862–865). Another biography has been written by Shah Turab-ul-Haq, which can be accessed here. There is also an article about the subject on Scholar.pk. In addition, we can, in good faith, assume that there are further references available under WP:OFFLINE. Baqi:) (talk) 20:33, 25 August 2025 (UTC) Blocked sock. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 05:14, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~~Weak~~ Keep per Baqi. I would trust Anwaar Ulama-e-Ahle Sunnat and also that Tazkira-e-Qari Muslehuddin seems academic resource as a whole about the subject. Also that there seems an impact of the subject beyond religious scholarship. We have always had the challenges of WP:SYSTEMICBIAS, and I such I believe we can have this article. Even though it needs a good revamp but AfD is not cleanup. _Regards,Aafi ^(talk) 18:34, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Additionally, I believe this academic thesis (MPhil) makes me shift to keep :) _Regards,Aafi ^(talk) 18:36, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sashidhar Jagdishan

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Fails GNG. Sources are mostly routine about his appointments. Thilsebatti (talk) 13:27, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete – Clearly WP:PROMO. Svartner (talk) 20:41, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Comments - HDFC Bank is a big deal in India. It's India's second largest bank and its largest private sector bank. It's one of the three Indian banks considered a systemically important financial institution (i.e., "too big to fail"). It's the third largest company by market capitalization on the Indian stock markets. It employs 173,000 people. I haven't dug into sources but I'm 90% confident this guy is notable if you dig around. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 23:54, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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