Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mah-Rukh Ali


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The result was   keep. Keep !voters have identified coverage in independent sources; the delete side has not claimed that the coverage is not significant. The consensus is therefore that the subject passes the GNG. Mkativerata (talk) 18:31, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Mah-Rukh Ali

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I don't see her meeting any of the criteria for WP:CREATIVE. gnews confirms she's had roles as a journalist, but besides the news source cited in the article. LibStar (talk) 13:03, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, the first GNews hit is titled "Mah-Rukh Ali historical". Not just a journalist. Geschichte (talk) 22:40, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * news anchor is part of journalism, I don't see this person meeting WP:CREATIVE. which criterion do they meet? LibStar (talk) 23:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep, with this in-depth article, in English, in a book, as well as the two articles about her (only one was transferred when it was translated from the Norwegian), she has multiple significant mentions in reliable sources. Edgepedia (talk) 20:07, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Norway-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 12:52, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 12:52, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 12:52, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. The arguments for notability, thus far, appear to be that she appears occasionally on Norwegian TV and is one of the few Pakistanis living in Norway.  Unfortunately, the notability bar for inclusion in WP is set much higher than that.  Merely reading the local news on the air is not enough to establish notability; merely belonging to an ethnic group is not enough to establish notability.  And, of course, when you combine those two deficiencies in notability, you do not create notability.  Zero plus zero equals zero. Qworty (talk) 18:43, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * For the record: Not "occasionally". Not "local news". Geschichte (talk) 07:47, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notability is based on significant coverage in independent reliable sources, not subjective judgements of importance. The 25-page book chapter linked above, along with other sources such as this book, clearly demonstrates that this subject meets this standard. Phil Bridger (talk) 23:35, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
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