Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/Biography of Thakur Anukulchandra

Biography of Thakur Anukulchandra
Yet another attempt to gather more worshippers. --Derbeth talk 14:34, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

*Wait & Question - Can any one point me on approved policies for NPOV and the definition of soapbox problems on Wikibooks, did someone already started a draft on a policy concerning the creation of biographies?--Panic 19:43, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I agree, NPOV violation, in addition to soapbox problems. Also, I think we need to have a definitive policy concerning the creation of biographies: Some people are important enough, and their biographies are demonstrative enough to warrant a biography here, but some people simply arent important enough. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 16:54, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Though this guy seems to be notable enough to have a Wikipedia article (there is also some stuff on Wikisource).
 * I suppose we could make a demand of verifiability since notability is a little hard to determine. --Swift 00:19, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * But then again, there are tons of bogus wikipedia articals about a bunch of non-noteworthy people. Simply because there is an artical on wikipedia about a certain person doesnt mean that they are important. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 01:08, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Granted... --Swift 02:57, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Yeah, this seems a little beyond repair. --Swift 00:19, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Bad english, unfactual information and non-neutrality. Yeah, I think I said enough. Wikisquared 13:09, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Agree with Rob Horning--Panic 13:18, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete and Transwiki to Wikipedia (perhaps) - The only thing we have for standards is the much, much earlier VfD (and VfU) discussions regarding Nikola Tesla, where I was able to successfully argue that biographies clearly had a role in Wikibooks. I would put the Tesla book as the minimum standard to achieve.  For the most part a "stub" is much better situated for Wikipedia until it is well past the 32K limit on Wikipedia, which is exactly what did happen with the Tesla article and its movement to Wikibooks.  As for the bad english and lack of references, I would argue that a problem as well and something that could and should be rectified.  As for notability, that is a huge can of worms I would rather not open up.  If we made a policy that biographies must be substantially larger than a Wikipedia article to be left on Wikibooks, it removes most of the need to worry about the fine points of notability.  Somebody who can dig up enough biographical information for the 3rd Ward Alderman of Taopi, Minnesota to push it over 100K of text (and some reasonable citable sources) deserves some huge credit and I don't have a problem with it being here on Wikibooks.  I would, however (like in this book as well) strongly suggest looking for copyright violations.  Owing to the relatively few edits for this "book", it smells strongly of copyvio to me although it does pass the "google" test.  --Rob Horning 22:53, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Vote closed: Votes favored Deletion --darklama 01:13, 11 November 2006 (UTC)