Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bharat Goenka (2nd nomination)

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The result was keep. Withdrawn by nominator following article expansion. (non-admin closure) ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 21:34, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bharat Goenka

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Previously deleted article with exclusively non-English sources. I believe some if not most of the biographical content here can be merged into Tally Solutions. Woerich (talk) 04:12, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Woerich (talk) 04:12, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 04:14, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Not having English sources is not a basis for deletion. In any case another editor has helpfully added three English languages sources, if that helps some people. Winners of the Padma Shri are clearly notable so I think this subject is fine as a stub for the time being and no merger is needed. Mccapra (talk) 05:36, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your input Mccapra. I am genuinely curious and trying to learn, so please don’t think I’m hounding you... it just seems/feels to me that there should be a requirement for English language sources in an English language encyclopedia, but I can accept that I’m wrong in that assumption. I do see the new sources that were added. Thanks for pointing that out. Woerich (talk) 05:57, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well one of our principles is verifiability, but we allow references to rare books in collections that don’t have general public access and don’t have a link to a Google book. We don’t omit these because if we did, we would lose a substantial body of knowledge. Another of our principles is that we want to be the sum of all human knowledge, not just the sum of things already written about in English. We prefer English languages sources of the right quality because they’re easier for a reader to verify, but most languages can be google translated well enough to allow us to establish whether they support the point they’re referencing in an article. If not we can ask other editors who are native speakers of that language to verify them for us. Mccapra (talk) 06:10, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Expanded and revised the text. The subject passes WP:GNG. Pinging Mccapra and Woerich - As a native Hindi speaker, I can confirm the sources added by the page creator does mention the subject winning the Padma Shri. I have added more English references and revised the whole text. Maybe the AFD should be withdrawn?! Csgir (talk) 09:02, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above has won India's fourth highest civilian award thePadma Shri.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 11:06, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Csgir can I withdraw an AfD? Woerich (talk) 12:26, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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