Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdullah Khan (author) (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. No !votes to delete and a rough consensus that reviews of the author's work in major Indian papers of record satisfied the relevant notability guidelines. (non-admin closure) Etzedek24 (I'll talk at ya) (Check my track record) 05:39, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Abdullah Khan (author)
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Previously deleted via AfD Articles_for_deletion/Abdullah_Khan_(author). The Non-notable author who terribly fails WP:BASIC, WP:AUTHOR. The entire article is on the back of a self-published book. Wholly promotional vanity article. RationalPuff (talk) 17:22, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
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this book. A detailed profile was published by Indian edition of Readers Digest. In addition to that a chapter from Patna Blues has been included in in BA/Bacon/BSc general English course of University of Kerala. University of Kerala is one of the the biggest Universities in southern part of India. Patna Blues is been translated into many languages. Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, and Hindi translations are already out. A simple Google research will reveal that the debut novel of this writer is getting a lot of media coverage. You can also check the webpage of of various Indian literature festivals where Abdullah Khan was a speaker. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tannu80 (talk • contribs) 12:27, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * There seem to be quite a few reviews of the subject's book in reliable sources. Phil Bridger (talk) 09:07, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak keep per WP:NAUTHOR, based on the reviews of his novel. My remaining concern is that I'm not sure how reliable some of the sources are. I would not oppose a userfy or draftify. Bearian (talk) 21:31, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - I'm definitely not an expert on the Indian press, but WP:RSNP lists The Hindu and The Indian Express as both generally reliable. The Hindustan Times and The Statesman appear to be major Indian newspapers of record. I would say that reviews in those outlets are probably sufficient to meet WP:NAUTHOR and/or the GNG. The article certainly does need to be excised of promotional content, but of course AfD isn't cleanup. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:05, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - Abdullah Khan is a well-known author literary critic and screenwriter. His interview and reviews of Facebook ok have appeared in all all leading newspapers and magazines of India Pakistan and Bangladesh. Check the links. It has been reviewed by India's top newspaper like The Hindu, The Hindustan Times, The Indian express, The New Indian express, the Sunday guardian, the business standard, the business line and many more. In Pakistan it was reviewed by the Friday Times and in Bangladesh the number one newspaper of the country, the daily star, published a review.


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