Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ali Zaidi (politician)


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The result was keep. Enough sources to clinch GNG. (non-admin closure) Winged Blades of Godric On leave 04:23, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Ali Zaidi (politician)

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOL.  Greenbörg  (talk)  08:07, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 11:01, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 11:01, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep Appears to be covered in numerous reliable sources, which is notable enough. You don't necessarily need to be an elected member of parliament to be deemed notable as a politician.  Mar4d  ( talk ) 11:29, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Week delete while the subject has received numerous press coverage, but most of the sources only namechecked him. i don't see him passing WP's notability requirement yet so my week delete vote. --Saqib (talk) 18:20, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:30, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - only one brief media reference is not sufficient to support notability.--Rpclod (talk) 02:05, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete His coverage is just routine for failed political candidates. All political candidates will get some media coverage, the coverage needs to be above this extremely low level to show notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:35, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unelected candidates for office are not deemed to pass WP:GNG just because some campaign-related coverage exists — campaign-related coverage always exists for all candidates in all elections, so all candidates would always pass GNG if that were all it took. Rather, to get him into Wikipedia you would need to show that either (a) he already had enough preexisting notability to qualify for a Wikipedia article for some other reason besides his candidacy, or (b) the campaign-related coverage expanded significantly beyond the norm for that level of significance. But neither of those things is being shown here at all. Bearcat (talk) 22:35, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep, most of the media coverage on Zaidi does not relate to his role as candidate, but rather his position as political leader. See https://tribune.com.pk/story/815893/party-politics-ptis-new-local-leader-upsets-old-members/, http://nation.com.pk/national/22-May-2017/mussarat-ahmed-zeb-has-nothing-to-do-with-pti-ali-zaidi , http://fp.brecorder.com/2017/03/20170326158028/ , https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/ptis-ali-zaidi-sends-legal-notice-to-journalist-saleem-safi-claiming-rs-300-million-in-damages-over-allegations-of-working-for-iranian-lobby/ , http://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/cracks-emerge-in-pti-karachi/ , https://tribune.com.pk/story/1005487/ptis-arif-alvi-ali-zaidi-tender-resignations-from-party-positions/, etc. Here you have interviews with Zaidi in mainstream media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuf18ETeuSE , see also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd6mpvE_Rq0 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdMad0vDU1I --Soman (talk) 21:22, 9 August 2017 (UTC)



 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: For review of sources
 * Keep – Meets WP:BASIC per a review of available sources. North America1000 18:16, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, L3X1 (distænt write)   )evidence(  00:07, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep per User:Soman. Coverage exists in reliable sources sufficient to show notability. CJK09 (talk) 00:24, 13 August 2017 (UTC)


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