Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malati Dasi

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The result was keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:34, 27 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Malati Dasi

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The only assertion of notability is a link to Disciplining: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases. This book is not, in fact, published by Columbia University Press, it is an automatically generated eBook from Philip M. Parker. I believe this would disqualify it as a reliable source in and of itself, but an examination of the source reveals a a "WP" tag following the single sentence biography. As such, this citation is merely a reference to Wikipedia itself! Wikipedia is not a reliable source and cannot confer notability by itself.

In other words, the only citation is one sentence in an eBook that was automatically generated from Wikipedia and consists solely of quotations.

Furthermore, no news links, few web references, none from reliable sources. Zachlipton (talk) 21:22, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:53, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:53, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Thanks for poining out my mistake, Zachlipton. Mea culpa, I did not quite fix the citation template for the other WP:RS after Gaura79 removed the unreliable source Disciplining: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases. It is fixed now, plus other WP:RSs are added. Admittedly, there is not much material for a start, but it is WP:RSourced now and WP:Notable enough, given that the person in question is the first female leader of a major international Hindu/Vaishnava denomination. Regards, Cinosaur (talk) 22:37, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The nominator's concern has been adequately addressed. Phil Bridger (talk) 14:08, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not notable. --Bobbyd2011 (talk) 19:21, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Would you care to explain why you think that? Phil Bridger (talk) 20:51, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There're many independent, reliable sources in the article now. She's notable as the first female Hare Krishna religious leader and also as a member of the Radha Krsna Temple band. In 1969-1970 they recorded with George Harrison two hit singles Hare Krishna Mantra (#12 in UK Singles Chart and #1 in Germany) and Govinda (#23 in UK Singles Chart). Gaura79 (talk) 21:35, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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