Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Munna (photographer)

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The result was delete. RL0919 (talk) 05:18, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Fake sources: vernamagazine.com, apstersmedia.com, timebulletin.com are fake websites, operated by the same company that claims to be located at 445 E Ohio Street, Unit 2708 Chicago, IL, as do at least 60 other "news sites". A list is available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vexations/Fake_sources The one source that has a bit more credibility, timesofindia.indiatimes.com only credits a photu by Munna, but does not actually say anything about him. An photogallery of his famous wedding guests in photogallery.indiatimes.com doesn't have much to say about him either. Vexations (talk) 02:01, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. Vexations (talk) 02:01, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. TheAwesomeHwyh 02:12, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. Can you expand on why you find the sources vernamagazine.com, apstersmedia.com, timebulletin.com to be unreliable? Being located at the same physical address does not seem like a clear indicator of being "fake". I don't see anything about the sites on Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard which is the standard venue to make this sort of determination. BenKuykendall (talk) 02:15, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  @BenKuykendall: unequivocally part of a spamhaus/fake news. There are an absolute stream of these sites that have been identified. — billinghurst sDrewth 06:13, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy Delete This article has previously been speedy deleted under Munna S (created by User:Munnasphoto and by a sockpuppet User:Anshikamails) and Munna S Photographer (created by User:Whitepalacegujrat who was blocked for promotional editing). Likely the work of another sock. Best, GPL93 (talk) 18:07, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Does not meet notability under WP:ARTIST. PenulisHantu (talk) 04:40, 21 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• delete even with the fake websites - the subject fails general notability criteria, and the notability criteria for photographers as well. Just because one has worked with notble people, notable brands, or is friends with notable people; doesnt make them notable. Notability is not inherited. —usernamekiran (talk) 19:54, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• speedy delete this is obvious meat puppetry and greatly fabricated to inflate his importance. Praxidicae (talk) 12:43, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: It seems that most of the people who voted delete needs to check again, there are enough reliable news sources from The Times Bulletin, International Business Times, Times of India and several others on internet. He is a photographer, where you can't find everyday news coverage, however I am surprised to find that it is not even considered as to pass WP:GNG. There cant be a different criteria when it comes to photographer, very easily pass GNG and ANYBIO. Gandharraj (talk) 04:49, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  @Gandharraj: Hi. Would you kindly provide the sources that you are talking about? It is a standard method for AfD discussions. For example, kindly see Missvain's comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tyler Coppin. Regards, —usernamekiran (talk) 13:00, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  Gandharraj, There is no mention of Munna in the The Times Bulletin, a newspaper from Ohio. I think you meant http://www.timebulletin.com/munna-s-photography-and-the-beautiful-actress-chitrangada-singh-adds-to-the-glamour-with-their-latest-photoshoot/ Note that the URLs are slighly different: https://timesbulletin.com/ and http://www.timebulletin.com/ Timebulletin is a fake news source that shares its address with over 60 other websites that all publish similar material. None of these are reliable sources. The discovery of this network has led me to nominate a number of articles for deletion, including this one.

  The International Business Times is generally unreliable per Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_262#International_Business_Times Vexations (talk) 17:21, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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