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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 23:41, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Aniyan Midhun[edit]

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Claims to have won two non-notable professional competitions organized by unknown entities, which fails WP:SPORTSPERSON. Participation in Bigg Boss fails WP:1E.

Contrary to his claims, he has not "represented" India, as he is not an amateur player eligible to compete in IWUF-approved events. After appearing on Bigg Boss, netizens and regional media scrutinized his claim of winning the obscure South Asian Wushu Championship and World Pro Wushu Sanda Fight as a potential hoax. There is no coverage whatsoever, except for self-reported victories to select press and circular references. He misled the press, he was mistakenly portrayed as an amateur representing India at international events without fact-checking. His PR team swiftly created an article; the draft was approved the next day by a sock. Require WP:SALTing? Potential sockpuppetry can be expected here. The Doom Patrol (talk) 17:21, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Sports, Boxing, and Martial arts. The Doom Patrol (talk) 17:21, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete + Salt COI, refs are also probably paid promotion. Being on a reality show isnt enough for notability. Nswix (talk) 18:02, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: India and Kerala. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:04, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete If it's a hoax, delete and salt it. Prior vote was delete in 2017, all that's changed since then is appearing on a TV show, with little to no sourcing about it. Oaktree b (talk) 18:34, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Wikilife is too short for these promotional shenanigans. Barnards.tar.gz (talk) 21:34, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and Salt There are no achievements that show he meets any SNG and the lack of quality independent sourcing for any claims is a red flag. This past January's Times of India article on his gold medal for Pro Wushu fighting is of dubious reliability. In it he says he wants to compete for India in wushu at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but that will be difficult since that event isn't, and never has been, scheduled for Paris. It will be in the 2026 Junior Olympics in Dakar, but that's irrelevant for this discussion. Appearing on a reality TV show doesn't grant WP notability. My salt vote is to prevent the continued recreation of this article by likely COI editors. Papaursa (talk) 23:53, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete + salt as per Papaursa. COI/Vanity page doesn't meet WP:SPORTSPERSON.Lethweimaster (talk) 11:27, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

16 June 2023 (UTC)

Delete and salt fails WP:SPORTSPERSON. Maliner (talk) 07:18, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete possible promotional article and fails SPORTSPERSON. I oppose salting at this time as it is not a persistently re-created article (last AFD was in 2017). Frank Anchor 18:01, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.