Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Asghar Mehdi Ashar


 * 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 delete. This person sounds accomplished but on Wikipedia, we rely on reliable sources that provide verification of notability. Please try again should his work be get some academic or media coverage in the future. Liz Read! Talk! 05:20, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Asghar Mehdi Ashar

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Google search does not reveal sources that would indicate notability. This draft the author created was rejected for lack of notability as well. Also serious copyright concerns as that draft was G12-delted and the images here all appear to be copyvios. funplussmart (talk) 05:43, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. funplussmart (talk) 05:43, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting list for the following topic: Pakistan. M.Ashraf333 (talk) 05:59, 7 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Why not correct this instead of recommending a delete. i tried to improve it so lets improve it and make it as per policy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.39.46.119 (talk) 06:04, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * You need a clear subject first; I can't understand what the article is supposed to be telling me and even less why that's important enough to have a Wikipedia article. Oaktree b (talk) 14:13, 7 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete. He's spreading Marsya worldwide, but there is no explanation of what that is; the article then goes into some sort of listing for this "school of thought?". I don't find anything we can use for sourcing, and I'm not even sure what the article is trying to tell me. Delete for lack of sourcing and no clear subject or explanation given by the article. Oaktree b (talk) 14:12, 7 January 2023 (UTC)


 * still recommend to update it instead of deleting this article. I deleted and updated this article for 2 hours last night with various changes. lets not delete and continue — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.39.46.119 (talk) 15:04, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * "Keep" as per the comment above 72.39.46.119 (talk) 13:43, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. I found this through the academic deletion sorting list but he appears to be a religionist rather than an academic. In any case there is neither WP:PROF nor WP:GNG notability evident, amid a big pile of unsourced promotional text. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:50, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * big pile of promotional list? Have you reviewed all references listed. Can you speak the language he has done this work? It is all there in provided references 72.39.46.119 (talk) 23:16, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * "Keep" as per the comments above 72.39.46.119 (talk) 13:42, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * You are only allowed one bold keep/delete opinion per AfD. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:34, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Marsiya is a poetry in Urdu and known as highest rank of poetry in urdu literature. He is not a religionist but a writer and orator or this kind of poetry in urdu language 72.39.46.119 (talk) 23:22, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation but it does not change my opinion. Removing the unreliable sources (facebook, linkedin, youtube, and emarsiya.com) and making sure that the entire content of the article is supported by references to major newspapers or other such reliable and independent sources could possibly change my opinion, though. They don't need to be in English, but they do need to be reliably published, by people unconnected to Ashar, and provide in-depth coverage of him and his work. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:36, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
 * well some people including academia may say the same for all internet sources as well.....
 * Some may say about some newspapers in International/English languages are not reliable as well. We can discuss this all along and I am not asking for changing anyone's opinion as I have my own and I am not changing it either. Ashar's interview has been published in one of the newspaper included in reference and has all those details. Its published on the internet though. Included in the list of reference if you wanna dig deep.. 72.39.46.119 (talk) 03:01, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
 * And we can't use interviews for sourcing. We've vetted sources here for wikipedia, please start a discussion here: Oaktree b (talk) 16:44, 8 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete - nothing found to make the article person eligible for Wikipedia. A quick fail WP:GNG and WP:ANYBIO. Twinkle1990 (talk) 08:53, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
 * article is eligible with proper sources. portion of article where deletion was necessary are deleted to my understanding 72.39.46.119 (talk) 16:41, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Kindly read WP:RS. Twinkle1990 (talk) 03:47, 10 January 2023 (UTC)


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