Talk:Sivananda (yoga teacher)

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Date of Birth[edit]

The Hindu has mentioned his Date of Birth is sourced from his personal claims, and Temple register. His name Shivanand is a fairly common name based on God Shiva. Pretty sure every year thousands of babies in India are named Shivanand and its spelling variations. I would not be surprised if the temple registers have more than a few entries for the name Sivananda Venkat TL (talk) 12:42, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just curious, if his passport is not a valid proof enough, what is considered as a valid proof? At some point you may want to take things at face value and give credence to government level authorities and the documents they issue. https://www.news18.com/photogallery/world/123-yr-old-indian-monk-flashes-passport-claims-hes-worlds-oldest-man-2340287.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.204.228.140 (talk) 14:44, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

His longest living person claim can be doubtful. He was "born in extreme poverty" and his father mother and sister died when he was 6. There is absolutely 0 chance he ever had any documents from his early life which could be used to establish his age. Any later document is based purely on his word, which is entirely unverifiable.

In order to make any such claims, media or authoritires, He must be certified by a good Supercentenarian research before making any such claims and to find a place in verified list of oldest people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longevity_claims Sabby.bangkok (talk) 07:43, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Overcite[edit]

@Chiswick Chap I had added the notability tag. The award is a fourth highest in India and does not make the person notable on its own. Almost all the sources in the article were identical and based on the direct feeds of Press Trust of India. So I have kept a couple and removed all. This is a strong case of WP:BLP1E. The coverage is basically click-bait based on the sensational and unverified claim of 125 years old man. Venkat TL (talk) 12:46, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Venkat TL:: The logic of your action, if indeed there is any such, is that the article is not notable, being a BLP1E, so you should take the article to AfD. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:53, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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