Deletion of Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja

Comment: Fails , almost all sources are primary except for a now defunct news network, and this page seems to be full of sockpuppets canvassing votes, presenting no actual keep arguments. — Yours,  User:Berrely |'''''Berrely'''''&nbsp;•&nbsp
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP)

Comment: No in-depth significant coverage in reliable sources independent of subject can be observed following a |before search
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:BEFORE)

Comment: This article fails  and . Based on the above discussion, I thought I was going to find lots of sources to evaluate. However, I was very surprised that searches on Google News and Scholar, NYT, JSTOR and Academic OneFile did not produce a single source: no passing mentions, no short bios and no reviews of his work. In the evaluation of the sources listed above, I am still not convinced they show notability as defined by Wikipedia at . We can't use his own publications to show notability because they are not secondary sources. Fan pages, Facebook pages and blog posts are not reliable. VNN doesn't have a masthead and accepts articles from "contributors" so they are not reliable. Therefore, I recommend deletion. My vote might change if at least two links to profiles or reviews of his work are posted that pass : "Significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." Claims that he is notable, without a link to a source I can check myself, will not convince me that he is notable
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:BIO||WP:N||WP:GNG)

Comment: In relation to , most of the criteria are met
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BASIC)

Comment: Also, Berrely states "Fails " - BLP being Biography of Living Persons. But Maharaja passed away in 2010
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP)

Comment: An article on the life of a notable Gaudiya Vaisnava philosopher and scholar whose books are in libraries all over the globe, whose works are cited by eminent religious studies scholars, and who continues to be the subject of academic study by others since his passing in 2010 should certainly be retained on Wikipedia. The subject certainly meets the notability criteria under "Any biography" and "Academics" at . As a new editor on Wikipedia, I didn't recognize the importance of citing secondary sources but have included many that meet the requirements of  after the recommendation for deletion. A few commenters have repeated the arguments of the individual who recommended for deletion without checking the provenance of the academic sources cited.  For example, please check the chapter by Irvin H. Collins (http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-hare-krishna-movement/9780231122566) which is solely dedicated to analyzing the relationship between the subject and another religious organization, and kindly follow the guidelines of 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO||WP:BASIC||WP:BEFORE)

Comment: I consider the subject to more or less meet  additional criteria of . Particularly, #1: the person has received an award and was honored as the Honorary Citizen and Goodwill Ambassador of the City of Houston. Also, #2 is apparently met: “The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in a specific field” - in the Gaudiya Vaishnavism field
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO||WP:SNG)