Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bahauddeen Nadwi


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The result was   delete. Spartaz Humbug! 04:22, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Bahauddeen Nadwi

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This religious scholar appears to fail WP:PROF due a lack of verifiable sources as to academic impact and not holding the highest appointed post at the institution. I find no sources under this name (or variations of it) at GBooks, GScholar or GNews. Note, in consideration of this change which appears false when compared to the citation given, other claims made must be considered suspect where unsourced. Fæ (talk) 16:16, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails WP:ACADEMIC for lack of multiple WP:RS coverage. Happy Editing! &mdash;  16:38, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. The subject is the vice-chancellor of Darul Huda Islamic University, and my understanding is that Indian universities follow the English tradition whereby the vice-chancellor is the most senior academic position, with the chancellor being a figurehead. Is that not the case for this particular university? Phil Bridger (talk) 16:59, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * As he is supposed to have written 14 books I am surprised that his name "Bahauddeen Muhammad Nadwi" or "Bahauddeen Nadwi" has no matches in Google Books or Worldcat, presumably because they have no ISBN. If the title "Vice Chancellor" has the same meaning as it would do in other Universities (remember, this Academy takes its students from primary school age, so it is unusual for an institution called "University") then I find it hard to understand why no international academics appear to reference his work. --Fæ (talk) 17:16, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 17:24, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:18, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:18, 31 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as lacking references. There's a slight chance that this is a real university and this person is a doing real academic work there publishing under a different name (or the same name in a different script/variant); if evidence of such comes to light, ping me on my talk page. Stuartyeates (talk) 06:55, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep as head of a university. There is no adequate central catalog o r other listing for Indian books, so the failure to find these is no argument for nonexistence.  DGG ( talk ) 05:30, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify, the nomination makes no claim of non-existence but there has been at least one false claim made by the creator of this article. --Fæ (talk) 07:46, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
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