Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Imraan Faruque


 * 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   Keep. Stifle (talk) 20:01, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Imraan Faruque
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Biographical/Inappropriate user page.
 * Append: Mr. Faruque is a graduate student at the University of Maryland. Not sure about his contributions to the field, however, a Google search doesn't reveal much beyond the Wikipedia page and copies of the same. I am sure Mr. Faruque has contributed to the UAV field, but at the present time that wouldn't be more than any other researcher-trainee in this field. Including this page in an encyclopedia justifies creating a page for every graduate student (say with more than three publications) working on UAVs. gnusbiz (talk) 19:46, 5 May 2008 (UTC)


 * keep: Sorry, I started this page as a class assignment about collaborative online works.  We were supposed to add a brief about a regional landmark, celebrity, or icon to Wikipedia.  I actually met Imraan once on his pogo stick back when he was a student, then I read about his training schedule in the CT (this is our local newspaper).  I tried to add a link to that news article to the page, but I added other links instead.  I'm sorry if a sentence was hard to read, but the article is neither a user page nor a prank. Thank you to all the editors after me that helped improve it, I thought they made it better. I would revise it to make it easier to read but it made sense to me when I wrote it.  I don't know how to prove that he is no longer a student, perhaps VT graduation records??  I didn't want to add him to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Virginia_Tech_alumni.  In any event, even if he was, I don't see how that disqualifies his contributions to the UAV field or prevents him from being in Wikepedia.  Upon closer look, I hope you and other editors find it valuable, since it's not a prank but rather a serious article about a town icon. I would suggest that you revise the sentence you found confusing. (GoAirForce (talk) 04:44, 2 May 2008 (UTC))
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 10:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Importance not established, and all the unsourced material about eccentric personal habits has no place in an encyclopedia article in any case, unsourced or not. KleenupKrew (talk) 21:11, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep: Nom. suggested deletion as article appeared to be a prank.  References are verifiable, a casual google search turns up several more third-party references (insert the usual caveat about the google test). Additionally,  Mr (or is it Dr?) Faruque does appear in the FAA Airmen Directory http://www.ire.org/datalibrary/databases/viewdatabase.php?dbaseindex=29 as a pilot, a fact which could be included in the article.  The article is a stub and needs expansion but WP:INSPECTOR.  It is appropriately identified as a stub and well written as stub articles go, suggesting not a prank.  Whether or not the individual is a student or not is irrelevant--a student may certainly be included in WP. Tag the eccentric personal habits for sources. (96.241.110.218 (talk) 21:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)) — 96.241.110.218 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * No, the eccentric personal habits entries should be deleted on sight per WP:BLP, not tagged for sources. I'm going to do this right now.  Nor does appearance in an FAA directory of licensed pilots establish any notability nor is it appropriate for a reference in any article.  KleenupKrew (talk) 21:38, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep. Stub article with useful content.  (129.2.175.81 (talk) 14:34, 3 May 2008 (UTC))
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 17:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep uncontroversial article about a player in an encyclopedically interesting field. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:09, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. We need more UAV-related articles here.  SqueakBox has good points. (Community editor (talk) 19:24, 4 May 2008 (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.