Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hamid Mohammad


 * 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. Kurykh (talk) 00:52, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Hamid Mohammad

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

I am unable to find evidence this person exists. The article asserts he won a Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2015, but he is not listed among the winners on that article (or in the sources that article uses). None of the sources provided in this article are available online, and my Google searches have turned up no information about him. However, with him being from Bangledesh, it could be a problem of the sources simply not being available in English. I therefore bring this to the community to see if anyone else can determine if this is a hoax or not. ~  ONUnicorn (Talk&#124;Contribs) problem solving 17:09, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. ~  ONUnicorn (Talk&#124;Contribs) problem solving 17:23, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. ~  ONUnicorn (Talk&#124;Contribs) problem solving 17:23, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:31, 14 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment He's not on the list of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners because Bangla Academy, UK is different from Bangla Academy. I can find no independent info on the UK org or award, so don't believe winning it confers notability under WP:ANYBIO. --Worldbruce (talk) 18:06, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Searches of the usual Google types, EBSCO, Factiva, HighBeam, JSTOR, LexisNexis, Newsbank, ProQuest, and philb.com/nationaluknewspapers.html, including by alternative name and Bengali-script name, returned only one result that might tie back to the person described in the article,, a piece, in a Bangladeshi newspaper, written by a Hamid Mohammed in London about a cultural event in the Bangladeshi community there.


 * The article cites sources which, if they are independent, reliable, and contain significant coverage, would establish notability. Evaluating that is complicated because all but one are offline, and not in catalogues such as WorldCat, so it's difficult to say where one might consult them.


 * The Bangla Academy UK is not arms-length. As the awarding orgainzation, their coverage of the award and awardee does not demonstrate that either is notable. Weekly Surma, the only online source, seems to contain just a one sentence quote from him mid-way down the right-most column, so it is not in-depth coverage. The very limited material that the remaining newspapers and books have been used to support suggests that they are not detailed analyses of his life or writing, but more likely brief quotes or mentions that such-and-such book exists.


 * None of the content in the early life or personal life sections cites sources, so I fear this is a "my uncle the poet" article. Unless the WP:SPA returns to defend it, and ideally to provide quotes from or copies of the sources, I recommend delete. It can be a soft delete or delete without prejudice against recreation, if sufficient detail is then provided to convincingly demonstrate notability. --Worldbruce (talk) 19:20, 21 March 2017 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.