Deletion of Ruth Vanita

Comment: Passes , and |AfD isn't the place to fix problems with the article
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:AUTHOR||WP:DELETIONISNOTCLEANUP)

Comment: Subject is obviously notable given independent sources that are easily found by doing Google, Google scholar, JSTOR and news searches. Article could have been improved before nom as per . She is not only widely published and reviewed, she is a full professor and the director of the South & SE Asian Studies Department at the University where she teaches. She has received grants & fellowships from the American Philosophical Society (the oldest learned society in the US), Fulbright Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and others
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:BEFORE)

Comment: Just look at the Special:Contributions/Ruth_vanita|contributions of {{ping|Ruth vanita}} in which she is adding details about herself and her colleague Saleem. Clear violation of  and this page should be removed or should be started from scratch
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (WP:COI)

Comment: I added some book reviews, enough I think to pass . As nominated the article needed cleanup but that's not what AfD is for. And {{u|Harshil169}}: Please see 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:AUTHOR||WP:BLUDGEON)

Comment: What the....hell ? {{u|Harshil169}} Shame nominator! what reason you nomination for MPs (member of parliament)  and notable articles only?? You did many deletion reqs for notable persons with base on ! Shame on you. should be report this nominator to check user request.Special:Contributions/103.200.134.149|Burmese pokemon
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:IDONTLIKEIT)

Comment: Passes  with room to spare. As edited, it is not overly promotional at the moment. The remaining biographical claims are dry stuff that can be sorted out through ordinary editing
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:AUTHOR)