Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rezaul Karim Mazumder


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The result was delete. Kurykh (talk) 05:39, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Rezaul Karim Mazumder

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Doesn't meet WP:PROF. The author de-prodded the article with the comment "The text book is an extensive academic piece of work and had been used as reference book at several higher education institutes." This is true, although the two libraries where I've found Mazumder's Principles of Electronic Circuits are places where he taught, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh and Daffodil International University, so I'm not especially impressed. It is common for a professor to use their own textbook, so that could explain its presence, or his colleagues may have thought it politic for the library to hold copies.

In any case, the example in the guideline is "has authored several books that are widely used as textbooks ... at multiple institutions of higher education" (emphasis mine). According to the article he has written two textbooks. Only evidence about the use of one book has been shown (in addition to the two libraries above, it is used as a textbook at University of Chittagong.). One book used at a handful of universities does not seem to me to be "a significant impact ... affecting a substantial number of academic institutions."

Searches of the usual types found no independent reliable sources deeper than a directory listing or passing mention ("addressed the function", "present in the seminar"). As much as I would like to see more articles on academics, this does not make the cut. Worldbruce (talk) 18:07, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce (talk) 18:11, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce (talk) 18:15, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete. No pass of WP:Prof. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:40, 26 January 2017 (UTC).
 * Delete as nothing close to convincing at all. SwisterTwister   talk  02:50, 27 January 2017 (UTC)


 * There have been changes made in the article in terms of references. Prof Mazumder's strong affiliation to professional bodies like- Bangladesh Electronics Society, his contribution as a JSPS fellow has been added up. Which fulfills the notability criteria set by WP:PROF, since it states "The person is or has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association or a fellow of a major scholarly society which reserves fellow status as a highly selective honor." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aalamanup (talk • contribs) 05:20, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * It seems that those positions are research fellowships which are not the same thing as, for instance, being named a Fellow of the Royal Society. Also please sign your comments by typing ~ . J bh  Talk  16:09, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * As Jbhunley says, the JSPS fellowship was a temporary research position. Being a Bangladesh Electronics Society (BES) fellow may be worth another look. BES has been around 25 years, has about 300 ordinary members, and 40 fellows. I couldn't find any information about how one becomes a fellow. Two other fellows (Saiful Islam (academic) and M. Rezwan Khan) are notable, although not because of BES - their articles don't even mention it. Pinging for his opinion because he seems to have his finger on the pulse of which societies are highly selective/prestigious/major. --Worldbruce (talk) 01:50, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:NPROF and WP:GNG. I was going to AfD this when I saw it come up again yesterday. The article promotional in tone and the sources are either by him or trivial. It is also a "one-edit-wonder" so I suspect we are dealing with undisclosed paid editing here as well. J bh  Talk  16:06, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:PROF. The fellowship is not an honorary membership carrying international prestige, as is the case for fellows of the IEEE, but just a visiting postdoctoral position. The textbooks are in widespread use, and there is nothing else remotely substantial.  DGG ( talk ) 03:54, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable WP:PROF. CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   19:00, 1 February 2017 (UTC)


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