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The result was keep. Geschichte ( talk) 07:13, 2 December 2020 (UTC) reply

Kavita Devi (journalist)

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non-notable journalist, fails WP:GNG. Sources are WP:ROUTINE and trivial mention. Priyanjali singh ( talk) 15:50, 25 November 2020 (UTC) reply

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  • Delete per nom. Oaktree b ( talk) 16:00, 25 November 2020 (UTC) reply
  • Keep - multiple sources exist, proving notability. [1] [2] [3] KyloRen3 ( talk) 19:10, 25 November 2020 (UTC) reply
  • Comment, I'm the creator of the page so I'll refrain from a !vote. But please hear me out and bear with me as this might get long. I created the article as part of the Women in Red project in an effort to counter the systemic bias of under-representation of certain demographics. In this case the subject is a journalist who is both a woman and a Dalit ("untouchable"); likely the most notable Dalit woman journalist to begin with. Regarding establishing notability itself, my argument and reasoning was the following:
WP:JOURNALIST outlines additional criteria through which notability can be established, three of them state that "The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors", that "[t]he person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory, or technique", and that "[t]he person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work."
Kavita Devi is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Khabar Lahariya, [1] which is considered a pioneer in the field of rural journalism in India. [2] [3] She has been frequently conferred with and cited to by the more mainstream media, [4] [5] [6] [7] and even has her life partially documented over multiple pages in a book on women's lives in India. [8] [9] This is certainly more coverage than any typical journalist would receive and in favor of meeting the aforementioned criteria. The founders of Khabar Lahariya have also collectively won the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize and the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons. [10] This should make her partially complaint to fulfill the criteria under WP:ANYBIO as well.
On the other hand, WP:GNG states that "Significant coverage" addresses the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention, but it does not need to be the main topic of the source material. The article in question here has sources where the main topic is Kavita Devi, this is explicitly non trivial coverage. In addition, WP:BASIC even states that "[i]f the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability; trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources may not be sufficient to establish notability." This is demonstrated by the sources in the article as well.
Moreover, how does WP:ROUTINE even apply here? It's a section under notability guideline for events and not of people (see Wikipedia:What is and is not routine coverage § Establishing notability for "people" vs "events"). Tayi Arajakate Talk 20:04, 25 November 2020 (UTC) reply

References

  1. ^ "Kavita Devi on the jobs that will define India's future". Quartz India. 12 February 2020.
  2. ^ Pande, Manisha (21 January 2013). "Writing from the roots". Business Standard.
  3. ^ "Newspaper by rural Indian women wins UN literacy award". The Hindu. Indo-Asian News Service. 4 August 2020.
  4. ^ Ratnam, Dhamini (9 November 2019). "'People wouldn't think of me as a journalist': Kavita Devi, editor-in-chief, Khabar Lahariya". Hindustan Times.
  5. ^ "On Babri Masjid demolition anniversary, there is a need for us to reflect individually on the Ayodhya dispute". Firstpost. Khabar Lahariya. 6 December 2019.{{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: others ( link)
  6. ^ Murti, Aditi (31 October 2020). "Tell Me More: Talking Media Ethics and Representation With Kavita Devi". The Swaddle.
  7. ^ Hazra, Nivedita (11 November 2019). "In Conversation With Kavita Devi: The Editor-In-Chief Of Khabar Lahariya". FII English.
  8. ^ Pande, Pooja (2020). Momspeak: The Funny, Bittersweet Story of Motherhood in India. Penguin Books. ISBN  978-0-14-349778-3.
  9. ^ "From Sex Worker Mothers to Lesbian Parents: The Changing Face of Motherhood in India". News18. 10 May 2020.
  10. ^ Das Gupta, Annesha (17 April 2016). "Riding on the waves of emancipation – Khabar Lahariya". NewsGram.
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