Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rafiqul Islam Masum


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:40, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Rafiqul Islam Masum

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Poorly referenced WP:BLP of a person whose only stated claim of notability is being a political party's volunteer coordinator. Of the four sources listed here, three just link to the front splash pages of newspapers without specifying where in the newspaper any content about him is located, leaving us unable to verify whether any such coverage is substantively about him or just passingly namechecks his existence, and the fourth is his own self-published Facebook profile -- and all four of them are just contextlessly listed at the bottom of the page without actually footnoting any of the body text. This is not how you demonstrate that a person at this level of significance is notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Bearcat (talk) 21:22, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:37, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:38, 16 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete - non-notable WP:POLITICIAN. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:42, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete If Bearcat hadn't nominated this party functionary, I would have. The incomplete citations are unverifiable. Searches of the usual Google types, HighBeam, and the Bangladeshi press, including by name in Bengali-script, returned two hits from 31 March 2016 in which he is listed among 38 BNP "leaders and activists" charged with a fatal petrol bombing. Nothing more is said of him. Does not meet WP:BIO or WP:POLITICIAN. --Worldbruce (talk) 20:57, 20 August 2017 (UTC)


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