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The result was keep. NW (Talk) 14:37, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sanjay Nayak[edit]

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The article does not show why the person in notable. Max Viwe | Wanna chat with me? 10:00, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. -- Favonian (talk) 12:00, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. -- Favonian (talk) 12:00, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Right, no claims of notability. — Timneu22 · talk 12:27, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Database references and articles about the movies, where they list subject as director/writer, does not make the subject notable. Does not appear to have won any well-known awards. Could not find any references that discuss the subject in detail, rather trivial mentions (such as, "Directed by..."). Fails WP:GNG. Akerans (talk) 19:49, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep - Being described as a "successful", most prolific and "most prominent" director of Odia film industry (by the Indian Express) is enough to establish notability. And the fact he has directed/produced 25 films means he satisfies WP:ENT. (Note - India has no national film industry. It has several regional ones due to language differences). He has won the Banichitra Best director award in 2010 (thus satisfying WP:ANYBIO. His films have been reviewed in Screen and Indian Express. He has been quoted/interviewed in the The Telegraph and Times of India. The reference for his films getting a mention in the Limca Book of Records is here. These are all references in English newspapers. I am sure much more coverage exists in Oriya media. The article needs clean up and copy editing (i will do that). And since sanjay nayak is a common indian name, use a more specific search string for searching, and you will find more references in Indian newspapers.--Sodabottle (talk) 03:22, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Prominent media personality in Orissa, a state with over 30 million people.Pectore^talk 22:42, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Kudos to User:Sodabottle for his excellent WP:AFTER... and the Find sources above was enlightening as well.[1][2] Notability in India is plenty good enough for en.Wikipedia. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 05:09, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable indeed.Shyamsunder (talk) 10:43, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Easily notable per WP:GNG as the sources provided constitute significant coverage in reliable sources. Alzarian16 (talk) 10:18, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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