Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdul Wahed (Bangladesh politician)


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The result was delete. seems to be the consensus  DGG ( talk ) 04:20, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Abdul Wahed (Bangladesh politician)

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Notability is not established.   ~ Moheen    (talk)  20:20, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.      ~ Moheen    (talk)  20:27, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions.      ~ Moheen    (talk)  20:27, 20 August 2016 (UTC)


 * I note that the reference in the article is self-published via AuthorHouse. Of course that doesn't preclude notability via other sources, which seems likely if the article content is true, but I see a pattern, especially for South Asian subjects, of providing junk sources in English rather good sources in languages such as Bengali. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 21:25, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete If Wahed really was a "leading" activist on the language question, he might well be notable. However not everyone dragged off to jail in a protest becomes notable, and that is all that the article actually asserts about him, the other part is unjustified puffery. I tried to see if maybe there were more sources, and maybe I could find Wahed involved in broader political actions in either East Pakistan or Bangladesh. However, probably the best sources to look for are not on line. He may well have died 30 years ago or more, although he also may still be alive. My search for the name on google showed me that Abdul Wahed is a very common name or name component in Bangladesh, as well as several other places with heavily Muslim populations. I was not able to find any sources mentioning someone who seemed to be this person. There may be such, but until they are found, the sources as we have them are not enough and we should delete the article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:21, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * , Mention in banglapedia's language movement article, quote 1, 2 1. There were two weeklies, Insan and Insaf, edited by Abdul Wahed Chowdhury, supporting the Language Movement. and 2. ....SM Bazlul Huq, Syed Nazrul Islam, Mohammad Toaha, Oli Ahad and Abdul Wahed Chowdhury on 3 March 1948, published in the Daily Amritabazar Parika, Calcutta..., also mention in here. Ibrahim Husain Meraj (talk) 09:06, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Just mentioning is not a clear notability; and this is not enough for a person's notability.     ~ Moheen    (talk)  14:39, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * The normal way to express a wish to keep or delete an article is to preface the remark with Keep or Delete, without any icons. It is unclear what the previous two editors are disagreeing and agreeing with. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 14:55, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
 * OK. I changed the icon to delete.     ~ Moheen    (talk)  12:35, 27 August 2016 (UTC)


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