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The result was delete. Salvio 08:50, 14 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete: The article does not meet
WP:GNG or
WP:BASIC,
WP:ANYBIO.
WP:BEFORE (JSTOR and Google) revealed no sources providing coverage that addresses the topic directly and in detail. There is only an English transliteration of the name and no citations in the article that could indicate alternatives to search for (in English or other). //
Timothy :: talk 04:56, 5 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Comment just to note that another common spelling of the last name is Pallavairayar (
Nicholas Dirks uses that spelling), and it is possible that variants exists which drop the final r. -
Sitush (
talk) 05:42, 5 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Sitush Thank you for that information. I will work on some more BEFORE with it and see if I can find anything. //
Timothy :: talk 05:50, 5 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Dirks is probably the best bet as the kingdom referred to in the article was one of the "little kingdoms" of S India that he has made a central part of his studies. I do have his Hollow Crown book here but he has written a fair few papers, too. The other angle might be to see what turns up in studies of the
Court of Wards (India). Also note that the kingdom itself has various spellings, eg: Thondaiman. I'll try to do some digging myself but would agree that it doesn't look good - I said as much
here. -
Sitush (
talk) 05:58, 5 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Done some digging, including academic databases available via Wikipedia Library and my former university. There is nothing about this guy. Therefore, delete. -
Sitush (
talk) 19:37, 5 August 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete - zero evidence of notability
Spiderone 08:26, 14 August 2020 (UTC)reply
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