Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Afghan Moxammad

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. Joyous 16:34, Jan 16, 2005 (UTC)

Afghan Moxammad
Fails the Google test. Can't see any reference to this figure. - Ta bu shi da yu 14:58, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm going to assume Moxammad is an odd transliteration of Mohammed, but even then it's hard to find anything worthwhile. Google finds a few french texts referring to people of that name, but nothing relating to Qasim Khanate so far. Delete, but if someone has some decent history books on the area, please check and post anything you can find. You running through the substubs for junk by the way Ta bu shi? Good job! --fvw *  15:53, 2005 Jan 2 (UTC)
 * Delete, can't find anything on Google either. Megan1967 00:46, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as unverifiable for now . So Keep it. Wyss 03:35, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Google reveals that the Qasim/Kasimov khanate was real, and Talk:Kasimov reveals that other Tatars besides the creator seem to have heard of this guy. I say keep and ask one of them to expand it. - Mustafaa
 * Since people discuss this person I would imagine that he is a real person. Keep. - Jeltz talk  18:17, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Dan100 21:06, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep It really is silly to try to apply the "google" test to a historical figure from a desperately poor country with languages with no universal system of transliteration into English. But unless this man is completely fictional, which is unlikely, he is probably roughly as notable as say the current governor of PennsylvaniaPhilip 02:52, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but note that most Tatar-related articles might be violating naming policies. Usage in other encyclopedia and on the internet suggests that the names of Tatar rulers are transliterated in English, i.e. Moxammad becomes Mohammad. Zocky 06:56, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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