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The result was speedy keep. WP:SNOW close. –Darkwind (talk) 10:23, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Vikas Dubey

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Not notable LuciferEdits (talk) 14:53, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:17, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:17, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:18, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment LuciferEdits that's an awful lot of news coverage for someone who you say is not notable. Are you sure you meant that? Do you have some other rationale? - Sitush (talk) 15:21, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Soft keep I can understand hesitation to attribute any notoriety to an alleged criminal, but the article subject is covered in-depth in many independent reliable sources. Zindor (talk) 17:02, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep He is allegedly involved in the killing of 8 cops, with the story widely reported in India. He has a well documented criminal history spanning multiple decades, exposing the criminal-political nexus of Uttar Pradesh — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.92.160.63 (talk) 15:18, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep He is a history-sheeter, recently involved in the killing of 8 cops and still at large. He can be considered as a terrorist, with a lot of coverage in both digital and print media. Neurofreak (talk) 17:06, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Appears in multiple news articles in major Indian newspapers. JS (talk) 20:01, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep He is a major crime figure and pretty much every tv channel and news paper is writing about him. i don't see how anyone can consider him not notable. he is notorious in addition to notable and probably among the top of the most wanted list in UP now... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.83.147.206 (talk) 15:56, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above passes WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 05:19, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep clearly notable. Stuff like—In 2001, he killed a BJP leader, Santosh Shukla, who was then a Minister of State, in the Shivli police station.^[1] A number of policemen witnessed the shooting but Dubey was later acquitted.^[1]

—need fixing in accordance with WP:BLPCRIME however (serious BLPVIOs are grounds for deletion).

References

^ ^a ^b Ray, Meenakshi, ed. (3 July 2020). "Vikas Dubey: Man behind Kanpur firing wanted for 60 cases of murder, robbery". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

Regards! Usedtobecool ☎️ 08:13, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep The man & his story, if true, exposes a very strong racket of collusion between criminals, police & politicians in the Indian state of UP. A man involved in multiple murders including that of a minister of state & still elected having won a poll in local elections contesting from a jail, the entire country's is watching how the saga unfolds, it definitely is notable. Đõc §aмέέЯ 09:06, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As per Jayanta Sen. Some minor cleanup can make it comply with quality standards. SerChevalerie (talk) 18:31, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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