Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seth Jehangir Hormusji Kothari

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The result was keep. Cirt (talk) 22:54, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seth Jehangir Hormusji Kothari

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Page was created in October 2007 and has not developed since. It merely says that the subject was a Parsi and a philanthropist - no assertion of notabilty and no detail to aid assessment of notability. Google search throws up Wiki copies but nothing of note. Emeraude (talk) 11:57, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete.~~ I can't find anything other than WP:MIRRORs; does not meet WP:GNG. Could go WP:A7 as being "a member of the Parsi community and amongst prepartition Karachi's philanthropists" in no way infers importance. J04n(talk page) 12:47, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: All that I can find is Wikipedia mirrors. Joe Chill (talk) 15:04, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Changed to keep per improvements. Joe Chill (talk) 13:03, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep. Did anybody bother to check Google News, Google Books. Clearly meets notability criteria. If more references are needed, [1] [2], warrior 4321 07:06, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. None of the references from gbooks or gnews say anything about the subject of this AfD, he is either mentioned in passing or a part of a list. The two other references put forth (one of which is the lone gnews hit) likewise only mentions the subject, saying nothing about him other than that he donated land. J04n(talk page) 10:17, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 22:32, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:42, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:42, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Obvious Keep Searching google books for Jehangir Kothari (or Jehangir H. Kotahri) finds numerous references, including a book written by him. He obsviously was a famous man in his days (some references refer to him as "world famous Parsee Globe-trotter, who went round all the Continents nine times, built Lady Lloyd's Pier ..."), left his mark on both Karachi and Bangalore, has buildings, halls, city areas named after him and his wife, and was even knighted. Unfortunately most of the Google book references are only available as snippets, but even those makes it obvious that he easily meets WP:BIO standards. Abecedare (talk) 07:56, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Also see The Zoroastrian diaspora. Abecedare (talk) 07:58, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also:

Sydney Morning Herald interviews him and covers his trip to Australia, during his 11th world tour, and says that he is, "noted equally for his contributions to the Imperial funds during the war, for his generous gifts to his native city of Karachi, and for his activities as an unofficial ambassador of the British Empire in all parts of the world."
Newspaper report during his 1923 visit to melbourne during his 6th world tour.
The New York Times covered his visit to NY in its Nov 28, 1931 edition.

Abecedare (talk) 08:19, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Change to keep per above and the recent expansion of the article J04n(talk page) 12:51, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Very famous philanthropist and per Abecedare.Pectore^talk 19:54, 23 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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