Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allama Habibur Rahman Kandhalvi


 * 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. Cirt (talk) 04:47, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Allama Habibur Rahman Kandhalvi

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I removed the db-a1 tag from this article because the context is clear: this individual is a scholar. However, I have been unable to find reliable sources about this individual. A Google News Archive search (with the search term: "Habibur Rahman Kandhalvi") returns no results. There may be sources in Urdu, so I have brought this article to AfD. If sources are found, I will withdraw this AfD. Cunard (talk) 07:43, 21 November 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 01:04, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions.  — LotLE × talk  09:04, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions.  — LotLE × talk  09:07, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. The fact that the books are all in Urdu makes it difficult for me, as a non-Urdu reader, to evaluate notability, or even find sources.  However, even in English, some books, especially Age of Aisha, seem to appear with reasonable frequency in a Google search.  The opinion of someone with relevant background (in Islamic scholarship and/or Urdu) would be really useful.  LotLE × talk  08:57, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep? per Worldcat listing which shows he passes WP:Author 4d. However, there's still nothing about him that I could find to create a stub, but that's more likely due to the multiple spelling variations and the lack of coverage in the western media. But the article ought to be moved to Ḥabīburraḥmān Ṣiddīqī Kāndhalvī or Habib-ur-Rahman Siddiqi Kandhalvi as that appears to be the name under which he's published, "Allama" is a title.- Spaceman  Spiff  22:41, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Would you please perform the move to the title that makes most sense. That will redirect the current title.  Creating a manual redirect from the other name variant should be done as well.  LotLE × talk  23:31, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd rather do it after the AfD closes to avoid having to fix the AfD links etc. Besides, I'm not sure which of the two titles is preferred. - Spaceman  Spiff  23:34, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, OK. I'll make manual redirects from the two spellings you suggest back to the current Anglicized version. I just don't have any insight into Urdu orthography to make a judgement myself. For now, the primary name can be the current spelling.  LotLE × talk  23:40, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NW ( Talk ) 19:39, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Weak Keep He did write the books, and we have RS for that; there seems nobody here able to give an opinion on  how important they are. We thus have no clear reason to delete.     DGG ( talk ) 04:37, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
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