Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saravanan Arul

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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:57, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Saravanan Arul

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Fails WP:FILM and WP:NBUSINESSPERSON. Coverage is almost all trivial and small. All of the sources in the article just talk about a film he funded and stared in. Reviewed all the sources and almost all of them are short passing mentions of his film or him being made fun of online.

Source	Independent?	Reliable?	Significant coverage?	Count source toward GNG?
Source assessment table:
Right Rasta	Doesn't appear to be a news org	Site looks like a spam site, just lists infomation about Arul and is authored by admin	Arul is the only topic on the page	✘ No
India Posts English	Article reads like a promo, and authored by an AI	Does not appear to be any critical coverage or analysis	~ Article covers a film that Arul is in	✘ No
Times of India	Source is normally independent	~ Authored by a staff writer and sounds more promotional than critical	~ Article covers a film that Arul is in	~ Partial
India Glitz	Article reads like a promo	~ No author listed, reads like a promo	Short article about an upcoming movie	✘ No
Namaste India	Website appears to just be lists of people in India	No listed author or cited sources	Just a short couple paragraphs of facts about Arul	✘ No
India Herald	Article reads like a promo	No listed author or cited sources	Article covers a film that Arul is in	✘ No
India Herald	Article reads like a promo	~ Article talks about events that happened	~ Coverage of a promo for an upcoming film	✘ No
ABP Live	?	?	Just a collection of photos of Arul	✘ No
India Glitz	Article reads like a promo	~ No author listed, reads like a promo	Short article about an upcoming movie	✘ No
India Glitz	Article reads like a promo	~ No author listed, reads like a promo	Short article about an upcoming movie	✘ No
The Hindu	Source is considered independent	Author listed, review of film goes in depth	Movie review, not an in-depth interview of Arul	✘ No
Economic Times/India Times	Source is normally independnt	No author listed, only talks about the number of places a movie is being shown	Article is about a movie not Arul	✘ No
Hans Times	Article is a short listing of facts about Arul	No author listed, reads like a promo	Article is about Arul but the coverage is trivial in nature	✘ No
onmanorama	? Couldn't determine	Staff author and short article but appears to be based in fact	~ Coverage is about Arul traveling to a state in India to promote his film	? Unknown
OTTPlay	Reads like a promo article	Short article about Arul's dream of being in movies	~ Coverage is trivial at best.	✘ No
onmanorama	? Couldn't determine	Staff author and short article but appears to be based in fact	~ Coverage is about Arul traveling to a state in India to promote his film	? Unknown
OTTPlay	Reads like a promo article	Staff author and short article but appears to be based in fact	~ Coverage is about Arul joining twitter	✘ No
News 18	~ Appears to be independent for non-entertainment news such as this article	~ Staff author and short article but appears to be based in fact	Short article about how Arul was at an event promoting his movie	✘ No
Tollywood	Republication of a press release	Republication of a press release	~ Republication of a press release	✘ No
Times of India	Source is normally independent	~ Authored by a staff writer and sounds more promotional in nature	~ Article covers a film that Arul is in	~ Partial
Pink Villa	Republication of a press release	Republication of a press release	~ Republication of a press release	✘ No
Times of India	Republication of a press release	Republication of a press release	Republication of a press release	✘ No
Astro Ulagam	? Can not access	? Can not access	? Can not access	? Unknown
Kalakkal Cinema	Reads like a promo article, most of the website is the same	~ Authored by a staff writer and sounds more promotional in nature	Passing mention of Arul	✘ No
Mirchi9	Doesn't appear to be a reliable news or industry org. Reads more like a fancy blog.	No sources cited or analysis done. Authored by staff writer, maybe.	~ Article mentions that Arul is rich, was made fun of online, and a song in his film had 100 dancers. No really that's all this article says.	✘ No
Lehren	Republication of a press release	Republication of a press release	Republication of a press release	✘ No
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}.

Dr vulpes ^{(💬 • 📝)} 19:33, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers and Businesspeople. Dr vulpes ^{(💬 • 📝)} 19:33, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Tamil Nadu-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:57, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the excellent source table provided by Dr vulpes. In addition, article creator is a UPE who has now been blocked.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:55, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This article is typical of the work produced by User:Dheena.official, who has been blocked as an undisclosed paid editor. Several other articles written by this editor follow a similar format, being about an actor who has had a short undistinguished work history and including many citations to sources that fail to qualify for establishing notability. ~Anachronist (talk) 14:32, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom and being created by a banned user. ZanciD (talk) 18:05, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:SIGCOV.4meter4 (talk) 16:17, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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