Debabrata Goswami ( talk| | history| logs| links| watch) ( restore)

I am not aware of the previous page, it appears to have been removed via the speedy deletion process 7 years ago. As can be seen from the current draft, notable awards, fellowships and claim to scholarship have taken place in the past 4-5 years. Thus I would like to request that the previous page not be held against the person's present notability. Rohit Goswami UI ( talk) 04:46, 25 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• RestoreThe current draft version is at Draft:Debabrata Goswami. He is unambiguously notable by WP:PROF as the holder of a named chair ay a major university. any possible coi is irrelevant. (The earlier speedy was, furthermore a clear error; at the time he was already Professor of the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, which , even though Deletion criteria for faculty were not yet clear in 2007, certainly did pass speedy. . DGG ( talk ) 05:16, 25 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• No need for deletion review; anyone is free to recreate an article that has been speedily deleted if they can overcome the reasoning for the original deletion. Stifle ( talk) 11:08, 25 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Clearly notable (assuming the article is correct) per WP:PROF (fellow, etc.). Just move it into mainspace. Hobit ( talk) 13:49, 25 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Comment - The appellant is not permitted to move the draft into article space, because of conflict of interest, but a reviewer can and should move the draft into article space. Robert McClenon ( talk) 03:28, 26 August 2020 (UTC) reply

Can the current page be temporarily undeleted so we can review the contents and compare? Thanks. Pinging Materialscientist as they seem to be a recently active admin. A a s i m 06:32, 26 August 2020 (UTC) reply

• Mainspace it- this is a clear case of the deletion reason becoming inapplicable because of later developments. Reyk _YO! 20:01, 26 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• I've just boldly and unilaterally mainspaced it. We'd best let the DRV run its full course in case anyone wants to argue about that.— S Marshall  T/ C 10:48, 27 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Endorse S Marshall's mainspacing. Rohit Goswami UI, we're assuming from your username that you are connected with the subject of your article. Can you confirm that, here or on the article talk page? The article seems good, but we should tag it with a {Connected contributor} template. Martinp ( talk) 20:45, 27 August 2020 (UTC) reply
  • COI declaration Yes, I have declared my connection on my user page as a COI, and have edited the article talk page to add the {Connected contributor} template. Rohit Goswami UI ( talk) 01:04, 28 August 2020 (UTC) reply
• Endorse move to mainspace. When this was a draft, my concern that prevented acceptance of the draft was the COI and the fact that it had not been properly declared. That is taken care of, and the article appears to satisfy academic notability, but the issue here is claim of significance anyway. Robert McClenon ( talk) 15:44, 28 August 2020 (UTC) reply