The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. The author and only "keep" !voter has been blocked for sockpuppetry, and I am disregarding their opinion entirely. There is consensus among the rest that this individual is not currently notable. The draft has already been redirected here. I am disinclined to keep a draft entirely for its own sake that will languish until someone slaps a G13 tag on it. I am therefore going to delete both article and redirect, and note that I will provide a copy in the draft/userspace to anyone interested in actually developing it towards a viable article. Vanamonde (Talk) 05:31, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Vini Viswa Lal[edit]

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PROD contested by the author; BLP is undersourced and has previously been draftified by another user. IMDB is not a reliable source especially to establish notability.  samee  converse  06:11, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. ~Ruyaba~ {talk} 06:18, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. ~Ruyaba~ {talk} 06:18, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. ~Ruyaba~ {talk} 06:18, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep I have added citations from new pages and other online media sites for Vini Viswa Lal.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2018/aug/14/theevandi-is-not-a-dark-or-preachy-film-vini-vishwa-lal-1857385.html https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/vini-vishwa-lal/28367 https://www.manoramaonline.com/style/yuva/2018/05/31/vini-viswa-lal-on-smoking.html Along with IMDB sites for movies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajishev (talk • contribs) 12:57, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• See also Draft:Vini Viswa Lal. As I have noted in declining the draft, the result of this AFD should also decide what to do with the draft. If this article is kept, the draft should be made into a redirect. If the article is deleted, this AFD should decide whether to keep the draft or delete the draft. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:55, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete article but Keep draft. Google search shows that he exists and that he is discussed on the Internet, but does not show independent third-party coverage. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:59, 14 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete article but keep draft as there is potential here that he has written some notable works but he is not notable as an actor so the article needs reworking with proper sourcing and when or if that occurs in the draft it should probably be accepted, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 20:46, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Request to keep the article by considering the citations provided based on his notable works. Only intention is to get this notable screenwriter added into wiki thus helping the users get the required details in one place. I have removed the actor part as no solid citations available other than IMDB and kept details on main area of scriptwriting. Also please help me here what all details needed/ to be removed for emerging screenwriter. Thanks (User talk:Rajishev)
• Question - User:Rajishev - Are you affiliated with the subject of the article? Please see the conflict of interest policy. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:22, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Answer - Robert McClenon - Yes I been through the conflict of interest policy. But to answer this, subjects recent movie Theevandi was a blockbuster hit mainly sending a message on chain smokers rehabiliation struggles which I been through. And I spend sometime on the research for movie and story and could see the young writer dont have a wiki page. So started creating BLP page from the research details I have and its my first BLP. You can read more on Theevandi online as well on wiki. Thanks User:Rajishev (User:Rajishev) —Preceding undated comment added 04:54, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Independent third-party coverage not provided is not clear. Citation have multiple third party sites newindianexpress.com, bookmyshow.com, manoramaonline.com etc which are leading news papers and media sites. User:Rajishev (User:Rajishev)
• Comment Rajishev has entered Keep !vote three times (I am going to assume good faith, but it does seem like he tried to counter the delete voters), so I changed two of those to comment tag. Please do not do that again! Jovanmilic97 (talk) 13:20, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment' If the draft shows promise, we should move this over the draft and restore the deleted revisions to histmerge. Dlohcierekim (talk) 16:23, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Author has been blocked for sockpuppetry. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:56, 21 February 2019 (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.