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Samudra Gupta (poet)

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Fails WP:GNG. A single source sited couldn't help in establishing notability. Nothing to be found upon searching through Edward Betts. Garudam ^Talk! 22:16, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Journalism, Poetry, Bangladesh, and India. Garudam ^Talk! 22:16, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep its Bengali-language page bn:সমুদ্র গুপ্ত (কবি) has three sources. One of them is significant which is "Samsad Bangla Charitabhidhan", a biography encyclopedia. And the subject has reliable sources such as Amader Shomoy, Kaler Kantho, Daily Kalbela, Daily Azadi, Jaijaidin, Sahitya Barta, Daily Star (2) etc. So it is clear that it doesn’t fail WP:GNG. Mehedi Abedin 23:07, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I wonder why the article is the subject to deletion discussion. It is created in 2008, in that time the Wikipedia guidelines were not broader and more specific like the present. If I am not wrong in this case we don't delete them because they were created before the more strict rules were passed. Could someone tell me if I get it right? Mehedi Abedin 23:11, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That should not be a reason. And no, this has nothing to do with the age of the article. You should go through WP:BEENHERE & WP:STONE. Garudam ^Talk! 00:34, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mehedi Abedin: Garudam is correct, the current policies and guidelines always apply. No article is grandfathered in for having met the rules when it was created. --Worldbruce (talk) 03:14, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep In addition to the Bengali-language biographical encyclopedia that Mehedi Abedin mentions above, Samudra Gupta has several paragraphs in the Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers and an entry in Who's Who in Bangladesh Art Culture Literature (1901-1991). I've used the former and a couple of newspaper articles to expand the article slightly. --Worldbruce (talk) 03:20, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I have expanded the article somewhat, and Worldbruce has expanded it. The subject is a nationally recognized poet, and sources show that he meets WP:GNG. Offline sources would be more than online sources as he was most active before the internet age in Bangladesh.Vinegarymass911 (talk) 15:05, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: The Daily Star and the Bangla Academy Dictionary of Writers are strong sources passing WP:GNG, with support from Two Circles. Apart from that provided references collectively offer robust pass to WP:SIGCOV going beyond trivial mentions. In short, the subject is noteworthy individual in the realm of Bangladeshi poetry.--— MimsMENTOR ^talk 15:12, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]