The result was delete. A pile of canvassed SPA votes saying "He's notable" clearly doesn't cut it. Black Kite (talk) 21:15, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Article arrived here via contested WP:PROD. Article concerns a tech entrepreneur. Insufficient coverage in reliable sources to meet the guidelines of WP:ANYBIO. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 15:35, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Our reasons to vote for a definite keep are:
We have been debating if we should ask the senior members of the debtcc community to come and cast individual votes. The wikipedia guidelines says that the number of votes do not count but the reasoning accompanying the votes count. So for the time being we have decided not to ask the senior members of the community to cast individual votes but rather we are letting our opinion be known in collective through me as the spokesperson. Paulmergel (talk) 06:04, 26 August 2013 (UTC)— Paulmergel (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
I've made another pass through the article and it's not so clear cut as I first thought. The subject of the article is discussed in a couple of of solid reliable sources as an exemplar of the kind of entrepreneur that India should be cultivating: the story of him turning down a (moderately) high-paying job to start his own business is repeated in most of the sources I'm seeing. However, the best sources are often just a single paragraph. I'm not seeing the depth or breadth of coverage that would justify an article. So for now I'll keep my delete !vote and file this under WP:TOOSOON. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 16:07, 31 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, the subject of this article has been mentioned in a handful of publications, and I'm happy to stipulate that he's a good person doing useful work. However, as none of his companies have wikipedia articles (due to their lack of notability) and he himself has not garnered significant coverage, I still don't consider him notable in the wikipedia sense. I'd be happy to reconsider given an argument based on our notability guidelines. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 13:45, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]Generally, a person who is "part of the enduring historical record" will have been written about, in depth, independently in multiple history books on that field, by historians. A politician who has received "significant press coverage" has been written about, in depth, independently in multiple news feature articles, by journalists. An actor who has been featured in magazines has been written about, in depth, independently in multiple magazine feature articles, by magazine article writers. An actor or TV personality who has "an independent biography" has been written about, in depth, in a book, by an independent biographer.
Keep - I don't think this article should be deleted as this man is quite notable. I have heard of his business as well as his charity work. To me, this article seems as if it deserves to be om Wikipedia :) AzzuriItalia (talk) 00:55, 31 August 2013 (UTC) — AzzuriItalia (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Note: An editor has expressed a concern that AzzuriItalia (talk • contribs) has been canvassed to this discussion. [reply]
Keep - After reading the entire discussion I think this article should be kept for updation and should be improved. I think this man is quite notable. I found one evidence about the article in "Times of India". Though it is equivalent to "Los Angeles Times" or "New York Times" or "The Guardian" yet as per Wikipedia notability guidelines only one reference won't work. The article need a handful of references from "third-party" or "independent sources" so that one can write a fair and balanced article that complies with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and that articles are not advertising a product, service, or organization.A lot of improvement required. Royal Heart 08:08, 1 September 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Royale.heart (talk • contribs) Note: An editor has expressed a concern that Royale.heart (talk • contribs) has been canvassed to this discussion.
Keep Vikas Kedia is a notable person and his article should go live. Wiki admins should mark him as notable. He has helped many people get out of debt. His work is notable and could be easily seen in this reference of Times of India. Selling his idea to Indian Mafia in Silicon Valley — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geoffsmile (talk • contribs) 10:26, 1 September 2013 (UTC) Note: An editor has expressed a concern that Geoffsmile (talk • contribs) has been canvassed to this discussion. [reply]