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The result was delete. j⚛e decker ^talk 00:47, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gurpareet Bains[edit]

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WP:BIO and WP:NAUTHOR are not met. Almost all the mentions I can find in factiva are in low-quality tabloid sources (Metro, Daily Express, The Sun etc. ) and about his 'superfood' recipes which supposedly stop you falling ill, getting cancer and cure insomnia. I can't find any substantial coverage about him in high-quality sources. Not that it makes a difference to notability, but the article was also written by his PR agency: [1]. SmartSE (talk) 21:24, 11 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Tentative Keep I noticed this on user:Smartse's Talk page. I see a story in the Telegraph and another here that should meet the bare minimum threshold for notability. Also, nutrition that reduces someone's risk of cancer is an actual thing. WebMD has a page on it here. CorporateM (Talk) 20:06, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I now have a better understanding of the issue after reading this. The PR agency that wrote these articles and secured the media coverage used as citations specializes in writing feature stories and shopping them around to publications that publish them as-is under their own byline. So articles that appear to be independent, are actually written by the article-subject's own paid staff. That presents an interesting problem as far as being independent-enough to meet GNG standards. CorporateM (Talk) 16:17, 16 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar ♔ 01:13, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

delete fails WP:BIO. yes he hosted a TV show but it was on a minor tv channel. Most of the sources merely confirm biographical details. LibStar (talk) 13:05, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:Author, WP:BIO. SW3 5DL (talk) 20:50, 22 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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