Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gazetted officer (India)

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 arguments to keep are weak; those arguing to delete present a convincing case that the encyclopedic material here is easily covered elsewhere, and no sources that would justify a standalone article have been provided. Vanamonde93 (talk) 19:11, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Gazetted officer (India)

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Nominated by IP 117.230.88.202 as follows: Not received "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject", hence fails WP:GNG. It violates WP:NOTDIRECTORY as listing all gazetted designations are NOT within the scope of an encyclopedic article as it is not a directory or manual. The article predominantly consists original research, with references that barely support it. Legodesk.com fails WP:RS. (end quote) - UtherSRG (talk) 16:22, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Military and India. UtherSRG (talk) 16:22, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
• Keep per all sources available through here.--Twinkle1990 (talk) 16:31, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
• Keep because Legodesk is not the only citation of this article. There are several references/citations which are indefinitely reliable like : The Hindu, "Indian Laws" Several Official Government of India website(s), Website of Directorate of Printing, Gov of India, Other prominent news/media like Amar Ujala, The Indian Express, etc. Deleting this article would be a big loss to the encyclopedia because Gazetted officers are the officers due to whom the whole country INDIA, works in a systematic manner.
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. Twinkle1990 (talk) 17:11, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
• Delete: There are gazetted officers for the United Kingdom as well, but I haven't come across any articles on them. It is a content fork of The Gazette of India, where it can be mentioned, and does not justify WP:SIZESPLIT. Other than a dictionary definition, there's no other content encyclopedic to be added. The so-called reliable references are either passing mentions or run-of-the-mill news reports about a single news (eg: JCO). No other "independent sources". The subject definitely lacks WP:SIGCOV, depth of coverage, and fails WP:NOTDIRECTORY.--2409:4073:314:4414:2885:8BF:F6E1:1901 (talk) 17:12, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

  But there are specific pages on Gazetted officer of Kenya and Sri Lanka. There are many reliable references in this article as well.!! TheProEditor11 (talk) 17:23, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, asilvering (talk) 18:06, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

• Delete appears to be a regulatory requirement for promotion, likely too limited in scope for coverage here. I don't see the need for this article. Oaktree b (talk) 20:11, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
• Delete A gazetted officer simply means a government employee whose appointment was notified in the Gazette. I don't think it warrants a standalone article, WP:PAGEDECIDE. There's no scope for expansion beyond a WP:DICT, which is currently bloated with cataloging of GO-level posts. It seems promotional. Gan Favourite (talk) 09:19, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

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.