Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shrikant Talageri

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The result was redirect to Indigenous Aryans. MBisanz ^talk 21:47, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Shrikant Talageri

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I can see nothing in these refs suggesting notability - appears to be a non notable academic who has been involved in a very minor academic disagreement. Fails WP:GNG Velella ^{Velella Talk} 10:54, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete and redirect to Indigenous Aryans. Talageri promotes the fringe theory of Indigenous Aryans. He is notable among reliable sources only in attracting criticism, and we can't make a biography page just on criticism. I think it is best to cover his ideas among others in the Indigenous Aryans page. - Kautilya3 (talk) 17:35, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Sailor ^Talk! 01:01, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and redirect as I see nothing better for a separate article. SwisterTwister talk 20:39, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. and do not redirect. Redirecting an article on a non notable sscholar to the subject give their views undue emphasis, unconstructive. DGG ( talk ) 01:39, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
delete (or possibly redirect). The author has produced one work. I am not competent to judge whether it is mainstream or fringe. Others have criticized him; and he has replied. To my mind that is not enough to qualify as an WP:ACADEMIC. Peterkingiron (talk) 20:10, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The subject has made significant impact on the Out of India theory where he is seen as the main theoricist by several independent sources (Harvard prof. Witzel, Prof of the University of Illionois H.Hock, A. Fournet, N. Kazanas. For example, Professor Hock only mentions Talageri's works as representative of the Out of India theory, and Michael Witzel delivered lenghty papers criticizing his work.

The subject meets the criteria "The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources."--Adekirim (talk) 15:47, 17 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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