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The result was no consensus. While some "keep" opinions confuse personal merits with notability, there are also opinions that assert that our sourcing requirements are met, and there's too little discussion of the sources to yield informed consensus.  Sandstein  07:50, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Coming first in a civil service exam is not notability. DGG ( talk ) 19:37, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 21:16, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 21:16, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as searches found loads of expected coverage but everything here is still questionable for any solidly applicable notability. SwisterTwister talk 21:17, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree on WP:PROF or any of the specialized guidelines but what about GNG? -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 23:14, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete. Admirable person but not notable. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:34, 25 March 2016 (UTC).[reply]
• Accept . its not that she was topper of an Exam , it clearly written in the article . She was the 1st to achieve that position being an Physically challenged woman , the exam is worlds Second toughest exam. For the same reason she has fought with the Government Of India for more than 4 years . To bring a constitutional change where even a physically challenged person can also be taken in to a service . which created a great impact in the society . Ramsingh 10:40, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
• Strongly Accept cited references clearly point to notability. Other reasons, as per Ramsingh. --Muzammil (talk) 16:16, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Keep There are strong references, and Notable. She is not just a civils topper, but there are many other factors to make her notable like her fight against govt. to make constitutional change in favour of Differently abled persons --Pavan santhosh.s (talk) 17:10, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What counts is how much a person has been noted, not their worthiness, however much that may be. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:33, 26 March 2016 (UTC).[reply]

• Strongly Keep There are strong references, she is notable personality in India , all physically challenged persons see her as an Semi Godess , Inspiration to millions of People in India . She has strong Media Coverage too — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.123.63.6 (talk) 12:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC) — 124.123.63.6 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
• Keep I am not at all concerned about who she is. But, i can see that the sources used in the article qualify WP:RS. The article has been written in a neutral way as well, thus not making it some promotion or advertisement. The coverage she received makes her article notable for existence on Wikipedia. Pavanjandhyala (talk) 15:05, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- significant independent coverage in multiple countries, linked to and noted in the article. -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 21:31, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- Written in a NPOV & notability is there here due to the fact that she is the first Physically challenged woman to top UPSC exam which is considered the most difficult exam in India. Yohannvt (talk) 09:57, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - per above. Mr RD 21:23, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Fairly junior civil servant. NN. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:24, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. The only coverage she has received are a few short articles that relates to being first on the exam and having a disability. I would say this is not notable. Fails WP:BLP1E "Notable topics have attracted attention over a sufficiently significant period of time". We need to apply notability objectively. I believe many of the comments above are emotionally based. MB (talk) 17:38, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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