Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saunaka Risi Dasa

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The result was keep. Nominator later !voted weak keep; so this is effectively a withdrawn nomination. (non-admin closure) Bradjamesbrown (talk) 03:59, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Saunaka Risi Dasa

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Article about a director that is not notable and has no reliable sources that attribute notability to the subject. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 00:39, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Hinduism-related deletion discussions. —Ism schism (talk) 00:48, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note Please note that there are multiple spellings of this name. Per user Gaura (thank you), please also use the name Shaunaka. I must add though, that even with the information provided by this new search, I still feel that this individual is not notable - but yet the director of a notable institution. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 01:47, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep There are plenty of sources to verify claimed notability. executive member of the Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum, Director of OCHS that publishes Hindu Studies Journal[1], also one of the directors and a member of ISKCON Studies Institute, of ISKCON MED (Ministry of Educational Development).[2] Please note that according to the iskcon.com and other reliable third party sources he is also a director of ISKCON communications Europe [3], [4]. I guess the fact that his name is spelled sometimes Saunaka Rsi does not help (I have added alt spellings to the list above). He is one of the european leaders according to [Bhaktivedanta College] site [5] and is often referenced such as at Euro-GBC site.[6] Unlike others in recent AfD there are actually completely independent and not self-published sources to support his notability: As a director of OCHS and an executive member of the Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum:The Hare Krishna movement: forty years of chant and change‎ - Page 247 by Graham Dwyer, Richard J. Cole. He is also cited in other notable publications [7], [8]. Wikid ^as© 10:55, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:24, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I've added RS to the article.--Gaura79 (talk) 20:29, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep per sources provided by Gaura. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 22:07, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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