Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/M A Yousuf Ali


 * 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The result was   keep or "nomination withdrawn", take your pick (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

M A Yousuf Ali

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Delete-Person does not seem notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Although, the person has won an award, that does not necessarily meet Wikipedia's notability standards.  Wacko Jack O   09:14, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - New references and information have been added to the article after I started this AFD. Although, the article is still written like an promotion for this man, I guess I would (might) recommend closing this AFD and keeping the article(if it is improved). Wacko Jack O   09:46, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Since another editor has expressed a good-faith delete opinion, a speedy keep based on a withdrawn nomination is probably not appropriate. See WP:SK. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  16:19, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:SPAM and WP:NOTADVERTISING. Guy0307 (talk) 11:17, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh? Could you explain how the article violates the guidelines you have stated? Anti  venin  11:35, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure. Special emphasis on awards, unsourced promotional claims in lead (widest, popular). Guy0307 (talk) 13:42, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - The article has some neutrality problems, but the man clearly passes Notability_(people) — he has received several awards and at least two of those are of national significance, given out by the President. —SV 11:51, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: Jeez, Louise. This just needs a cleanup, especially removing the "glowing praise," which is the only thing making it appear to be spam. -- Oliver  Twisted (Talk) (Stuff) 11:53, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Most of the awards mentioned are rubbish, I gave it a pass on removing some peacockery. Ronabop (talk)
 * Comment - Do you think the awards that are not of any real note should be removed as well? Wacko Jack O   08:36, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment As to whether or not some of the awards (some of the content) should be removed, that's really a content-level issue, not an AfD issue. I didn't know enough about them to pick/choose which ones to remove. Ronabop (talk)
 * Comment. The issue isn't whether most of the awards are rubbish, it's whether at least some of them are not. Padma Shri has been awarded to 2095 people in over 50 years of existence in a country with a current population of over a billion. Any recipient is clearly notable. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:15, 5 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak KeepMight be know locally.-- yousaf465  05:20, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Being known locally doesn't assert notability. However, I don't think WP:N is the problem is, I think it is WP:NOTADVERTISING. Guy0307 (talk) 07:05, 7 April 2009 (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.