Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr Muhammad Abdul Hameed Siddiqi


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The result was speedy delete per G11 after being moved to Muhammad Abdul Hameed Siddiqi. Deletion performed by.  Ol Yeller21 Talktome  17:38, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Dr Muhammad Abdul Hameed Siddiqi

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Non-notable person. Fails WP:GNG with no independent and significant coverage from reliable sources (see Google News search and Google News Archive search).

Seems to fail WP:PROF as I can find no mentions via a Google Books search or a Google Scholar search. The best claim for notability comes from, "He was appointed as the Principal in his collage 1938-39" which would satisfy point 5 of WP:PROF for having, "held a named chair appointment or "Distinguished Professor" appointment at a major institution of higher education and research" but it doesn't mention what "his collage" was. The Academy of Science has been formed two years early and I wouldn't consider that a major institution at the time, if that's what he was appointed the principle of (it's not a college, though). He attended Lucknow University which was started nine years before he received his MS from the university but I can find no reference that supports that he was named their chancellor.

I thought he might pass point two of WP:PROF by being, "awarded gold medal by the Academy of Sciences of India in 1936" but like I said, the academy had been instituted just years earlier and I wouldn't consider that a, "a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level". It may be national but can we consider it "highly prestegious" for the time? It's hard for me to believe that it was highly prestigious as it could have only even existed for two years.

The photo linked at the bottom of the page shows that he was a founder of and worked for College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan which was founded in 1962. Perhaps this satisfies a notability guideline but I can't think of one.

Note that if you're searching, a book called The Life of Muhammawas written by Abdul Hameed Siddiqui that may throw you off.

Given the time period that the subject completed/achieved his accomplishments and that most information about him would have been written in not-English, there may be a large amount of information out there that can be used to establish notability but at this time, I can not find any indication that such sources exist. Perhaps the author has some references that can be provided to help establish notability. It seems that he was a good student and surgeon but establishing notability seems difficult. Ol Yeller21 Talktome  20:44, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
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