Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arshad Khan (model)


 * 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 Speedy deletion. Bearian (talk) 17:08, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Arshad Khan (model)
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WP:BLP1E: man is subject of viral Instagram photo. Single event, low-profile individual, event has no lasting significance. Unclear scope or significance in being "signed up by online retailer Fitin to model for the Islamabad-based company": it's not being reported in a context outside of the single Instagram event, and a linked interview quotes Khan as saying he is "not interested" in a modelling or film career off the back of the photo. McGeddon (talk) 09:09, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. GSS  (talk) 09:54, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. North America1000 16:29, 26 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Speedy delete-this article has been hanging around for a while by various sockpuppets. Wgolf (talk) 22:07, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge the content into Chaiwala page. Abbottonian (talk) 06:56, 30 October 2016 (UTC) — Abbottonian (talk • contribs) is a confirmed sock puppet of JessikaRita (talk • contribs).
 * There's nothing here of relevance to tea-boys article. If anything a line into Instagram celebrity. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:10, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep Passes WP:GNG as he has received significant coverage in Pakistan, India, UK and USA.--119.160.97.141 (talk) 19:25, 31 October 2016 (UTC) — 119.160.97.141 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, GeoffreyT2000  ( talk,  contribs ) 23:45, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep, are you guys crazy? The person on whom the article is written gained significance coverage in South Asia, in fact, he became a social media sensation in a week. Here's an article I want the nominator to read- "Overzealous deletion. -TheodoreIndiana (talk) 05:31, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
 * An unknown tea seller who became an overnight social media sensation after one Instagram photo is textbook WP:BLP1E: "reliable sources cover the person only in the context of a single event", "that person otherwise remains, and is likely to remain, a low-profile individual", "the event is not significant", "Being in the news does not in itself mean that someone should be the subject of a Wikipedia article." The article's "career" section covers a period of two weeks. If Khan does become a model or film star to the point where he starts getting work or press coverage unrelated to that one Instagram photo (the Fitin deal reads like a company trying to cash in on his fame, and is not being reported outside of the viral photo context), there's grounds for a full biography, but as it stands the article is just restating the news coverage: he was a tea seller, there was a viral photo, we don't know much else about him. --McGeddon (talk) 10:07, 5 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment I have nothing against Mr Arshad Khan but if an article like this is allowed to exist, it would only be fair to create an article for Mr Lee Minwei who went viral in Singapore and got media attention in that country, India and other parts of Asia as well. An article for Ms Kusum Shrestha would also have to be created because she has gone viral in Nepal and NextShark, a major global Asian youth website, the BBC and other Western media have also reported on her rise to fame. There are many other viral people from around the world that don't have pages either. It should also be noted that it appears to be that media coverage for him is restricted to October 2016, there appears to be nothing from November 2016, especially in regards to the major news websites from Asia, Australia, the UK and North America that initially reported on him. (121.219.59.199 (talk) 11:08, 10 November 2016 (UTC))


 * Delete: This is why WP:BLP1E exists. Not almost but one and all coverage of this individual is related to a viral photo. Let him do some Tv shows/films/fashion shows before creating an article about him.
 * I'm open to amend my !vote if someone can find me one coverage of this individual unrelated to that viral thing or explain in simple words how it is not a case of one-event notability. Anup   [Talk]  14:18, 12 November 2016 (UTC)


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