Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nafees Siddiqui


 * 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   delete. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:26, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Nafees Siddiqui

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I have removed the speedy from this article per the discussion on the talk page: Is this the politician of this name? If so, notability might be established. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:28, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * No idea, but the article claims this chap is a writer. Ironholds (talk) 13:28, 14 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I was looking around, and the politician may be a columnist, at least. In any case I'm unhappy at how many politicians from the subcontinent have pages deleted early, when their counterparts in Europe or North America certainly wouldn't. Charles Matthews (talk) 13:35, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

I looked for sources about this individual and have been unable to find any that connect the politician of the same name with the subject of this article, a writer. Cunard (talk) 05:38, 15 September 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:31, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, fails WP:BIO. Ironholds (talk) 14:21, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  -- - SpacemanSpiff Calvin&#8225;Hobbes 16:55, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment There are multiple spelling variations for his name - given that he's an Urdu writer, it appears that there's no consistency on the English spelling. Worldcat shows that 12 of his books listed, and the couple that I checked seem to be held in many libraries. But I'm unable to even verify the nationality of the person - is he Indian or Pakistani? But given that the article says that he's done some stuff for Doordarshan and All India Radio and the author's only other contribution is to Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, I'm guessing he's Indian. If he's the author with the worldcat listing, notability is likely to be shown, if someone can dig up vernacular resources. - SpacemanSpiff Calvin&#8225;Hobbes 17:11, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- - SpacemanSpiff Calvin&#8225;Hobbes 17:11, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The person being discussed in this article  is   notable as a writer. He may or may not also be a politician, but there is no reason to think he is.    DGG ( talk ) 03:01, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete. This is a CV.  -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 01:26, 22 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Notability not established. B.Rossow talk contr 19:26, 22 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete unless unambiguous sources are found before this AFD closes. As SpacemenSpiff notes, the person is potentially notable, but the name is relatively common (especially if you include spelling variations), so unless we find at least one authoritative biographical source, we risk creating a chimeric biography, which would be worse than having no article at all. Abecedare (talk) 01:34, 24 September 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.