Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abu Sayed Mohammad Abdul Awal


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. Coverage discovered during the course of the discussion demonstrates seniority of public office and significant coverage in reliable sources. Mkativerata (talk) 08:07, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Abu Sayed Mohammad Abdul Awal

 * – ( View AfD View log )

Arguably notable, but I haven't been able to verify this officer. Unable to find reliable, secondary sources to verify this information. The Navy web site now has a different officer in his place: http://www.bangladeshnavy.org/ACNS(P).html The Wayback machine doesn't have captures of that page. Various web/news/books/CREDO searches have come up empty. Additional sources welcomed, as always. (Withdrawn below based on new sources presented.)--joe deckertalk to me 00:38, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. I similarly failed to find any sources.--Michig (talk) 08:12, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete, unable to find significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject of this unsourced BLP. J04n(talk page) 21:24, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 00:44, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 00:44, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 00:45, 27 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per lack of reliable sources for notability. SwisterTwister   talk  05:14, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. A simple Google search confirms his existence and rank (he is now Bangladeshi High Commissioner to the Maldives) and flag officers are generally considered notable per WP:SOLDIER. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:09, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * A simple Google search confirmed nothing of the sort for me. Could you provide links to the sources you found?--Michig (talk) 10:25, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Obviously your Google-fu is weak! Have you possibly not tried searching for simple "Abu Awal" instead of his full name? Try . These all confirm his existence and his rank. His rank is enough for a Wikipedia article. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:29, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Or maybe its because all of these spell his name differently to what we have in the article? But seriously...Facebook? We could do with some genuinely reliable sources here.--Michig (talk) 10:37, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, it is the official Facebook page of the Bangladesh Navy. But as I said, it confirms his existence and his rank, which is all we need for a stub. And English transliteration of Asian names is always pretty inexact! It's obviously the same chap. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:43, 27 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep as original nom based on the two Minivan News (heh) and one Habaru Daily source. I'm not 100% convinced that that FB page is the "official" FB page of the Bangledesh Navy, but I don't need to be sure, the other sources seem sufficient. Well done! --joe deckertalk to me 22:38, 29 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep: Awal is not the current chief of naval staff. But he certainly was in that post in the past. According to Daily Star, he was the Naval chief on August 2, 2010, when he was made an envoy to the Maldives. --Ragib (talk) 19:53, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I have added that to the article, as well as three more that I found in the course of additional searches that that source suggested. --joe deckertalk to me 01:26, 3 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment Please note additional sources at the Daily Star and Financial Express have been added at the article. --joe deckertalk to me 01:36, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.