Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr. M. Alauddin


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The result was   delete. If anybody comes up with anything else let me know and I'll be glad to userfy or incubate this article. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:31, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Dr. M. Alauddin

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 * Delete. Lightly Un referenced biography, fails WP:ACADEMIC. Reads like a eulogy for a deceased colleague. Contested prod. WWGB (talk) 23:40, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Sounds like a fairly senior academic who was a full professor and department chair at the time he retired. I added some references that confirm his existence, although they are not primarily about him. This Google Scholar search shows a number of articles of which he was a joint author, although the most-frequently cited article was cited by 6 others. All but one were published in Bangladeshi journals. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 00:46, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - Does not meet WP:ACADEMIC. That he exists does not seem to be questioned, he does not appear to meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability, however.  Writing articles is not a criteria of WP:ACADEMIC, as it is my understanding that most professors write articles about their field. - SudoGhost&trade; 01:20, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - looks more likes a resume, than a biography,... recommends fix it,... sorry,... nothing personal,...  --Cpant23 (talk) 01:29, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep?. Appears to have been prominent in Bangldesh. President of the Society of Otolaryngologists and Head Neck Surgeons of Bangladesh for 15 years. May meet WP:Prof. Xxanthippe (talk) 02:33, 18 July 2011 (UTC).
 * This position does not seem to be verified by any sources. I admit that I'm not familiar with this field, but it seems odd that a person can be the president of so many things simultaneously. - SudoGhost&trade; 03:28, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * According to their website, the Society of Otolaryngologists and Head Neck Surgeons of Bangladesh has about 36 members, so being elected President is not overwhelmingly prestigious. WWGB (talk) 04:27, 18 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTMEMORIAL. This is an obituary, not an encyclopedia article. I'm sure he was a fine man and will be missed, but he does not seem to have the kind of notability needed for inclusion in an international encyclopedia. --MelanieN (talk) 15:33, 18 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Strong Delete: Subject is not notable in Bangladesh, nor is the society of Otolaryngologists notable. (I'm from Bangladesh and can attest to the non notability of the subject in reference to Bangladeshi media or academia). --Ragib (talk) 21:44, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * is it the leading national society in the profession? if so the society is notable and the head of it is as well. Or on what other basis of personal knowledge do you assert non-notability? There are many notable  people and organizations in the US I've never heard of either.   DGG ( talk ) 00:31, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Not that this is any kind of definitive evidence against the notability of the organization, but according to the website's whois, the website didn't exist until October 2010. I may be reading it completely wrong (again, not my area of knowledge), but the website's About Us page seems to assert only inherit notability from doctors of established ENT departments (the very last paragraph seems to be the only one that addresses the "Society of Otolaryngologists & Head Neck Surgeons of Bangladesh" itself).  But again, this is an observation from a person that knows next to nothing about the subject matter itself. - SudoGhost 00:40, 23 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete None of the English-lanaguage references are close to sufficient (and the single other one can't be by itself). The subject may be notable but not from searching google. The Society of Otolaryngologists is likely to be notable (but that's not the question here). Stuartyeates (talk) 00:36, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment The About Us page at the society's English language website goes into extended, name-dropping detail about the history of ENT in Bangladesh - but Dr. M. Alauddin rates only a bare mention, as an enthusiast of head and neck surgery. In that section he is not mentioned at all in connection with the origin or administration of the society. The "executive" page does confirm that he was president from 1992 "till now"; apparently the site has not been updated since his death. So his long presidency is confirmed, but the history of the society barely mentions him. My opinion remains "delete". --MelanieN (talk) 16:53, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
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