Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Ramesh Nagaraj Rao

Ramesh Nagaraj Rao
Non notable author. Appears to be promotional. — Pratap Pandit (talk) 09:12, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

as examples among recently created articles that are notable. The subject is author of several published books (at least 5 books) and is also a noted columnist and professor. He was awarded the prestigious K. M. Munshi award, has written for Washington Post (Washington, D. C.) and The Guardian (London), is executive council member of the Hindu American Foundation.
 * Keep. Subject is notable and easily meets Wikiquote notability. Prataps unproven claims for deletion are unsourced and false claims. There are many wikiquote articles that don't have wikipedia articles, but are notable such as:
 * Nissim Mannathukkaren
 * Sujatha Fernandes
 * Rajendran Narayanan
 * Mekhala Krishnamurthy
 * Charity Troyer Moore
 * Simone Schaner
 * Armin Rosencranz
 * Kanai Lal Hazra
 * Lars Fogelin

Pratap was already criticized for the hounding against me and Rupert, by for example going through dozens of articles edited by me or User:Rupert loup and making spurious claims, for harassing, for hounding, for stalking, and for not being WQ:CIVIL.

Rupert loup already told Pratap many times:
 * This is hounding, you should stop stalking and making baseless accusations. WQ:CIVIL and WQ:WQT.

--დამოკიდებულება (talk) 16:50, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * დამოკიდებულება is the creator. Passing mentions and citations dont count as significant coverage. The subject lacks significant coverage in independent reliable media. See Ad Hominem --Pratap Pandit (talk) 14:46, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Vote closes: 10:00, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak delete, can't find much on this and I don't think it should be a suitable addition for wikiquote - I'm gonna have to go with my gut on this one dibbydib ⌐■_■ ( barate me ) 00:50, 27 May 2020 (UTC)


 * He is cited and quoted hundreds of times by academic sources . He has published over 6 books at least, such as this one: Intercultural Communication: The Indian Context. I have seen many articles on wikiquote about less notable persons. He is also quoted in many books such as the book "Selling Yoga: From Counterculture to Pop Culture" --დამოკიდებულება (talk) 08:07, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm more interested in the references mentioning Ramesh, not from Ramesh himself. However, Ramesh does seem especially notable in this case, I'm going for keep on this one now. dibbydib ⌐■_■ ( barate me ) 04:50, 28 May 2020 (UTC)


 * 'Delete. Not notable, all pages you cited as an example of "notable" subject articles have been created very recently (April-May 2020). --Xsaorapa (talk) 14:53, 27 May 2020 (UTC) I withdraw my vote --Xsaorapa (talk) 21:42, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Not to barge in, but reference dates shouldn't be (and I've never seen it be) a factor of whether or not the subject is notable. Reliable, secondary, non-trivial mentions of the subject in sources should be what I'd consider notable, and from the ones listed above, it checks out. dibbydib ⌐■_■ ( barate me ) 04:50, 28 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Note: It was confirmed that Xsaorapa was using a sock SPA to give meatpuppet instructions to Pratap Pandit. The abusive sockpuppetry was confirmed by a steward. Since it was confirmed that Pratap acted as a meatpuppet under the instructions of Xsaorapa, it appears that this VfD was part of the meatpuppet instructions Xsaorapa gave to Pratap. --დამოკიდებულება (talk) 19:02, 29 May 2020 (UTC)