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 delete. This close is going to be a little strange. On the one hand, there's clear consensus to delete, so I don't see any way I can close this otherwise.

On the other hand, the last relisting comment notes that he apparently won an election during the time the AfD was running, which presumably would be a significant factor in determining notability. Yet, nobody commented after that. So, let me just note that, as always, if events evolve to make somebody notable who wasn't earlier, there's no bar to recreating an article after it's deleted. I would urge anybody who wants to recreate this, however, to make sure to include WP:RS which establish that he now passes WP:NPOL. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:54, 22 April 2020 (UTC) reply

Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy

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Non-notable politician and businessman, little reputable references. James Richards 02:01, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

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• This must be the first case that I've seen of a subject not meeting a notability guideline as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. If the election had not been postponed Reddy would have been elected unopposed on 26 March to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's parliament. His election was not opposed because Rajya Sabha members are elected by MLAs who usually vote on party lines. He may still pass WP:GNG even though technically he doesn't pass WP:NPOL. Phil Bridger ( talk) 10:51, 29 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Delete, without prejudice against recreation in the future if circumstances change. The problem with the election being postponed due to the COVID-19 situation is that, unopposed or not, it currently remains possible that he might never actually assume the office at all — he could die in the pandemic, the government could retract his nomination for any number of reasons before the rescheduled election actually takes place, and on and so forth. So the time for an article about him is once he's actually been officially elected to the office for real, and it's not enough to just assume that he will hold the office eventually. Bearcat ( talk) 18:26, 29 March 2020 (UTC) reply
• Comment Please note the Rajya sabha elections not yet over and there are 5 candidates for 4 seats in Andhra Pradesh and hence the MLA have to vote after a 5th candidate entered the fray as per this and Rajya Sabha elections have been postponed indefinitely as of now due to COVID-19 as per this.Hence he fails WP:NPOL as of now. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 18:18, 31 March 2020 (UTC) reply

• I stand corrected over the "unopposed" statement. We can agree that the subject fails WP:NPOL, but what about WP:GNG, which seems to have been ignored by Bearcat? Phil Bridger ( talk) 18:37, 31 March 2020 (UTC) reply

• Delete does not yet meet inclusion criteria. The future could be altered by many events and so he is not yet meeting inclusion criteria. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 16:23, 11 April 2020 (UTC) reply

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