Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Monthly Al Kawsar


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The result was delete. Randykitty (talk) 17:29, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Monthly Al Kawsar

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The sources do not show that the subject is notable. There seem to be large parts that are completely unsourced. Three sources talk about language practices. Vinegarymass911 (talk) 04:59, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
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 * Keep: This PhD thesis discussed the contribution of this magazine in Fiqh, p.361, this Bangla Tribune report says most widely circulated monthly magazine, this banglanews24.com report wrote Very popular with excellent featured. - Owais Talk 05:36, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The magazine is not the main topic of the thesis but is briefly mentioned. Bangla Tribune's critical commentary on publication by religious institutes does not call it the most but widely circulated monthly magazine and that is a key difference. The magazine is not the main topic of this opinion piece and does not help its notability. The Banglanews24.com report, written by a guest writer, lists all magazines published by "Qwami scholars". Again the magazine is not the main topic of this article. None of the sources shows that the topic is notable.Vinegarymass911 (talk) 07:00, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete per Vinegarymass911. ~Yahya ( ✉ ) • 11:23, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep, it is quite a notable monthly in Bangladesh. UserNumber (talk) 21:04, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
 * As evidenced by significant coverage in ...? Magazines have to meet the general notability guideline. They are commonly expected to meet criteria in WP:NMEDIA or WP:NMAG. The thesis handle is not working for me at the moment, but the OP says it mentions the magazine only briefly. The most significant of the remaining cited coverage is a single paragraph in the Bangla Tribune. The Department of Films & Publications, Rokomari.com, and BoiBazar.com are directory-type listings. Banglanews24.com, Daily Naya Diganta, and Shomoyer Alo are editorials (the last two identical) that briefly mention the magazine in a list of magazines. It hasn't won any awards, has a sixteen year history during which no one seems to have written much about it, has not been shown to be regularly cited by reliable sources, and as an Islamic magazine in an overwhelmingly Islamic country, can hardly be said to be representing an undeserved niche market. What is the evidence of notability? --Worldbruce (talk) 23:40, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 17:28, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete I can now access the thesis, which Owais Al Qarni, the author of this article, misrepresented. It only briefly mentions Al Kawsar. The most significant coverage I could find is the single paragraph in the Bangla Tribune. As such, does not meet WP:GNG, WP:NMEDIA, or WP:NMAG. --Worldbruce (talk) 23:07, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete brief mentions in reliable sources are not significant coverage in the sense of WP:GNG. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 17:18, 15 August 2021 (UTC)


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