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The result was delete. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:11, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Soldierathon[edit]

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Fails event notability guidelines, for being unable to sustain long-standing coverage in reliable sources.

Typical paid-for-promotion in Indian media circles (coverage in Business Standard, a known culprit).Also, in light of the fact that Hindustan Times is a co-sponsor of the marathon, sadly (but rather predictably), coverage about the event deriving from HTimes has to be discarded lack of intellectual independency.

Barring a Tribune piece covering the winner of the marathon in 2 paragraphs and a TOI piece covering the event in the trivialest of manners, (as mentioning a local event in a city), I fail to spot anything else.

I would also note that the article-creator does not seem to have a very good idea about one of our most sacrosanct policies.

Anyways, nothing more significant than the marathons happening in every other corner of India with a host of big names.~ Winged Blades^Godric 04:16, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep : Qualifies per WP:EFFECT, WP:INDEPTH and WP:DIVERSE. Please see WP:RAPID for not nominating at this point in time. Found the 'typical ...' remark above in AfD unparliamentary as per Wiki protocol. Devopam (talk) 04:32, 16 April 2018 (UTC)— Note to closing admin: Devopam (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this XfD. [reply]
- I do not know of any requirement mandating parliamentary speak over AfDs.And, please double check your links.Best, ~ Winged Blades^Godric 04:45, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - Shall wait for other opinion rather than going in the same confrontational tone as yours. I am appalled by your tone yet again ('One of our' ? What am I - a pariah and what are you - Wiki owner ?) Devopam (talk) 05:26, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    - Oh! Please cut off the attitude.And, see this.Our refers to the broader community.~ Winged Blades^Godric 05:43, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:55, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:55, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. ~ Winged Blades^Godric 06:14, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This single event received some routine press coverage (obviously) but clearly fails to meet relevant notability guidelines WP:EVENT. Both the duration and depth of press coverage was limited. Wikipedia:Existence ≠ Notability. So Hindustan Times was the organizer therefore we should even consider their coverage because of the COI issues. I found atleast first 3 references as not even RS. @Devopam: I would suggest you to assume good faith and don't get offended if someone nominate your creation for deletion. --Saqib (talk) 14:06, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 03:16, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Saqib, and per WP:NOT#NEWS Nick-D (talk) 09:57, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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