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E. Kumaril Swamy

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Article is almost wholly unreferenced, affected by significant COI editing, and not at all neutral. I am unable to find evidence of WP:SIGCOV anywhere. AntiDionysius (talk) 18:05, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Artists and India. Shellwood (talk) 18:10, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Telangana-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:43, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Butting in to note that the article states that there are supposedly over a thousand articles about the subject, including over 70 interviews. Perhaps these could save the article if found? Haven't been able to find anything though. Jornmann32 (talk) 19:05, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I had the same experience when I went looking. The most good faith interpretation would be that these articles only exist in non-digitised archives, but in that case we would need the COI editor (who says he is the grandson of the subject) to get specific about citations for them. So far he's just been adding Pinterest links. AntiDionysius (talk) 19:08, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I am not finding any sources online to verify any of the claims made in this article. Two of the three citations fail verification. The external links are not about E. Kumaril Swamy. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 01:28, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not only can’t I verify key facts, I’ve found at least one piece of evidence of a hoax: the official India Post website has no definitive stamp on or by him. Bearian (talk) 04:14, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Poor sources on the page and with no possibility to verify any significant coverage on the subject and his career. Fails WP:SIGCOV and WP:GNG. RangersRus (talk) 14:01, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]