Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K. N. Rao

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Baseball Watcher 23:04, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

K. N. Rao

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contested prod. Not clear how this person might meet WP:BIO. References provided are to primary sources. Claim of founding "world's largest school of astrology" is not supported by the citation. Notability of conference he is mentioned as "chief guest" is unclear. Claim of introduction of Vedic astrology as a course is comletely unreferenced. Tried a good faith search on the name (both forms mentioned in the article) and found little. Google scholar brings up several hits, but they are all his books. A chemist with a similar name makes searching difficult. RadioFan (talk) 11:22, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - fellow has notability as mover of having Vedic Astrology included for degree courses in Andhra Pradesh Universities. He has published a number of books on the subject and searches return biography and interview with KN Rao by third parties. --Whiteguru (talk) 12:07, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment contributions to higher education such as being a "mover" as you describe would make him notable but without references to reliable sources supporting this claim, his notability is still questionable.--RadioFan (talk) 12:23, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:57, 5 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Fails WP:BK, WP:AUTHOR, WP:GNG, WP:BIO, WP:N, WP:CREATIVE, etc. etc. etc. Qworty (talk) 21:01, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Shri Kotamrau Narayana Rao was a Director General in India Audit and Accounts Service.i,e Head of an Indian Govt. Organisation. Which is a high gazetted post.[KNRao bio] --Tall.kanna (talk) 17:29, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:04, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - being Director General of the Indian Audits and Accounts Service is a seriously important civil service role, which should confer notability. I'm sure there's plenty of coverage in non-English language sources. Anthem of joy (talk) 06:48, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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