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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Alpha Quadrant ^talk 04:17, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of IIT JEE Toppers (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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This is a not-impeccably-sourced article about living people: in particular, the top-placed students in the admissions test to undergraduate study at the Indian Institutes of Technology. There's no doubt that the exams themselves are very challenging and prestigious, but I am less sure that a list of top-finishers is a suitable article for Wikipedia. This isn't a major prize as such, although it's true that there can be media coverage of the "winning" high school-leaver so I suppose a GNG case could be put forward. Yet not all of the entries seem well-sourced (some entries are sourced to the former student's linkedin page, for example). There may be a cultural question here that as a non-Indian I am not best-placed to comment on, but the acknowledged non-notability of most people on the list, the paucity of sourcing for some of the entries (with BLP in mind), and the fact this is a pre-undergraduate exam, suggest there's a case for deletion. TheGrappler (talk) 00:22, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:12, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:12, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep or move so that the title refers just to the title rather than the individuals. The title itself is clearly notable as it appears to recieves regular (annual) national news coverage and the recepiants name appears to be included. I think either a complete list of winners, or a partial list of 'notable winners' is definately justified. Bob House 884 (talk) 15:53, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep The subject of "IIT-JEE Toppers" is notable with heavy coverage every year in the indian media. Though it is only an undergrad entrance exam, there is huge fascination among indians for all things IIT and this reflects in media coverage--Sodabottle (talk) 15:42, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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