Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Himanshu Goel

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Non notable author with no evidence of satisfying WP:GNG. Sources like the Hans India, The Statesman, and Mid-day seem to be either PR or paid pieces. Umakant Bhalerao (talk) 14:45, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

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:: Keep The author has written some books and is also sourced which I have already put. According to me page should be kept.--WikiPanti (talk) 14:57, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

:::{{u|WikiPanti}}, the article is filled with primary and self published websites and the third party references you have cited are paid ones and do not help to establish notability.--Umakant Bhalerao (talk) 15:09, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

::::{{Ping|Umakant Bhalerao}} Sources seem to be good and along with GoodReads are also sourced.--WikiPanti (talk) 15:13, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

• Delete does not meet our author notability guidelines with adequate reviews of work.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:35, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

• Delete On the surface this looks legit but digging into the sources show no independent coverage. [https://www.mid-day.com/articles/himanshu-goels-insta-poetry-collection-52-laws-of-love-becomes-peoples-favorite-monsoon-read/22894472 This] is brand sponsored content (aka SEO spam) and the Statesman piece is an inspo hub piece, which is user submitted spam and it appears the rest of the sources are based on these two which indicates a PR campaign and not actual independent journalism. Praxidicae (talk) 17:21, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
• Keep I think this is notable because he has written 12 novels. We can add tag of references.--WikiPanti (talk) 10:25, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

:::Anyone, and I mean quite literally, anyone can write 12 novels. It doesn't make them notable. GRINCHIDICAE🎄 13:31, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

• Delete, does not meet WP:AUTHOR, prolific does not equate to wikinotability, Goel's works [https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=%22Himanshu+Goel%22&qt=results_page do not appear to be held in any libraries(?)] which does not bode well, wikiuseable reviews not found. Coolabahapple (talk) 05:55, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

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