Deletion of Varma (given name)

Comment: The support for keeping the article either invokes that |"other similar stuff alrteaduy exists in Wikipedia" or misunderstands what the relevant |essay on the |Manual of Style |guideline is about.  deals with '''name articles''' and is quite clear: {{tq|A name article usually contains either a list of entries that link to other articles or a wikilink to a list article}}. An editor above explicitly misuses  by suggesting Keep although the quote they're citing is also quite clear: {{tq|An article about a given name or a surname is an anthroponymy article that contains a  list of people with this name ''as well as'' encyclopedic content about the meaning, etymology and history of the name"}}. Emphasis added. "As well as" means that both encyclopedia content about the meaning ''and'' a list of people are needed. In so many words, a name article without a list of notable persons has no place in Wikipedia, on the basis of  and . The case for keeping the contested article is so weak as to be irrelevant
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:OSE||WP:ESSAY||WP:MOS||WP:GUIDES||WP:NNAME||WP:NOTDICT||WP:NAD||WP:INDISCRIMINATE)

Comment: Wikipedia has loads upon loads of articles on given names, even unpopular ones. There's even ame pages|a style guide specifically for surname/given name pages
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: Articles on given names and surnames are a well established concept on Wikipedia. Also see Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy and MOS:APO. The nominator's reason for deletion was that "Wikipedia is not a dictionary nor a directory of names". However,  specifically states anthroponymy articles as an aspect of Wikipedia: stating that "An article about a given name or a surname is an MOS:APO|anthroponymy article that contains a list of people with this name as well as encyclopedic content about the meaning, etymology and history of the name
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary (WP:NOTDICT)