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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
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 Maybe the AFD should be withdrawn?!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
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