Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Safdar Shaheen


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The result was delete. - filelake shoe  &#xF0F6;   10:27, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Safdar Shaheen

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Long-term unreferenced BLP, author of same-universe novels from another author in Urdu. Couldn't find secondary coverage of his work, there are single copies of some of his works in a particular British library according to Worldcat, but no wider coverage. Nonetheless, I don't speak Urdu, and there's certainly a possibility that there is coverage of some of his 700 books in that language. More eyes appreciated, with existing sourcing I don't see him meeting WP:GNG nor WP:AUTHOR, but ...

The works themselves are apparently available at, according to an earlier version of the article, PDF format. j⚛e deckertalk 01:10, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete: unsourced BLP. -- Patchy1 01:56, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:53, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:53, 29 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete; not a particularly notable author and an unsourced BLP. Though similar in many ways to those low-profile Western authors who take on the role of expanding or continuing a series, with or without the original author's permission, the lack of sources or evidence of real notability is too much of a concern to keep it.   dci  &#124;  TALK   03:07, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete unless sources can be found. If the article is significantly improved, feel free to ping my talk page. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:11, 4 December 2012 (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.