Deletion of Nikhil Parekh

Comment: per , , 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO||WP:V||WP:RS)

Comment: per , , .  Those books of his are on a vanity press
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO||WP:V||WP:RS)

Comment: advertisement. He has a very enthusiastic promotion department - as evident in this thread - but it's too bad that no reliable sources attesting to his notability under  have been forthcoming
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Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: no opinion at this time, but I removed some links that didn't comply with , tagged it for copyediting, and tagged every claim that needs a source.  If kept this article needs a lot of work to get to the point of being a decent encyclopedia article
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Cited policy: Wikipedia:External links (WP:EL)

Comment: Without evidence that the Eppie award decision was substantially ''to him'' or based on ''his'' contribution to the compilation, I too see no notability as a poet. I don't think  "first X ethnicity to in any way contribute to Y thing" is a point of more global renown. Which leaves the corresponding-with-leaders record. It's an interesting acchievement, but still fairly limited how truly notable that acchievement is in terms of  for the person
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)