Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/M G Moula Miah


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The result was delete. Kurykh (talk) 01:56, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

M G Moula Miah

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Businessman with no indication of notability per WP:BIO. No significant coverage online in WP:Reliable sources, just passing mentions. Most of the references cited here are brief mentions in local press, or profiles from businesses connected with him. The one reference from a national paper (Daily Star) only mentions his name in passing as one of 13 recipients of a business commendation. I had tagged it for notability, hoping someone who reads Bengali might find some WP:RS on him in the Bangladesh press, but now someone in Solihull has just removed that without explanation. Uncle Roy (talk) 17:02, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Uncle Roy (talk) 17:03, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. Uncle Roy (talk) 17:03, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. I think he is close to notability, and possibly would be if there were easier access to older press not online. However, with what is available I regret I could find little coverage focused directly on him, although sources such as this do focus on him in part. This recognition from the government is impressive indeed, but does not seem like enough on its own. There is also an article focused on him included on the main page, an Evening Mail article from October 1995 called “Man with a mission to back Bangladeshi food.” But that still does not seem like quite enough to me, all combined. I though his restaurant Rajnagar Tandoori might be notable, as it did garnish an impressive 2006 award at The British Curry Awards, but came up short looking for sources as well. I do think some of the content on his page might be worth adding to Guild of Bangladeshi Restaurateurs, maybe in a new section for past presidents. Yvarta (talk) 00:32, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment There appears to be sockpuppetry or meatpuppetry from person(s) connected with the subject of the article. All of the content has so far been added by two WP:SPAs, one of which has so far only uploaded and linked annotated press clippings and personal photos of the subject sourced as "own work", along with the previously mentioned anon editor in Solihull. Article creator and the anon editor have also been repeatedly removing the AFD template. Also worth noting that the "New York Times" clipping is clearly an advertising insert: the typefaces aren't the ones used by the NYT, the tone is promotional, and the grammar is very poor. Uncle Roy (talk) 03:45, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   18:30, 15 May 2017 (UTC)


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