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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 00:57, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sundar V. Nadkarni

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He maynot be a National Akademi award winner, but is a state level winner. So now I understood that he is a wiki notable. Thanks. DoNotTellDoNotAsk (talk) 01:13, 4 February 2010 (UTC) --DoNotTellDoNotAsk (talk) 23:48, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - A Sahitya Akademi award is a national award even if awarded for regional languages. But i am not seeing the subject's name in the Sahitya Akademi Award to Kannada Writers. If he is indeed a sahitya akademi awardee, then keep.--Sodabottle (talk) 04:09, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

comment-actually this person received state level 'karnataka sahitya akademy award' in 1978 for his book "Mandi Mane"(awarded by govt of karnataka) not national award which is given by govt of india. problem is lack of sources, where to find 1970's/80's archives? 59.96.204.231 (talk) 14:10, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 13:37, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award is sufficient for notability. A state with a population of 50+ million, and one of the most notable awards in literature for a language spoken by over 40 million. Worldcat also indicates significant holdings of his book (there are multiple spelling variations of the name, so searches will have to be expanded). —SpacemanSpiff 21:08, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. per SpacemanSpiff. I don't otherwise know the award, but I accept that it is sufficiently prestigious for an article on recipient. LotLE×talk 21:57, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Although the Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award is only a regional award, not the national Sahitya Akademi Award, that region encompasses 52 million people. That is larger than many other nations. The award is comparable to national awards of most other countries. It certainly is prestigious enough to establish an individual as notable. — CactusWriter | ^needles 23:27, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - see the history of this page about Nadkarni (It had set backs). It was not understood the importance of Academy award from another country with their 52 million people..." --DoNotTellDoNotAsk (talk) 22:33, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
fyi- Wikipedia article traffic statistics is another way of measuring popularity especially during afd process...Usually this number shoots up when in demand/in trouble. --DoNotTellDoNotAsk (talk) 03:11, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - why I listed for afd It was difficult for me to conclude why Central Academy and state Academy are equivalent. For example, in the US there is one academy award which looks into all over the world. I would like to see such things more elaborated in wiki notable guidelines. That’s why I listed Nadkarni for afd. --DoNotTellDoNotAsk (talk) 14:14, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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