Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarwar Waez


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The result was   delete. JForget 03:06, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Sarwar Waez

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This is a nicely presented article about an Islamic scholar—supposedly one of history's most distinguished. As it turns out, though, the article is pretty much the exclusive work of one editor and it's highly problematic in a number of ways. For one thing, I can find no real evidence of this man's notability at all, let alone his scholarship or the facts of his life. GBooks and GScholar turn up nothing, and setting aside Wikipedia copies I don't know that he has any GHits at all. The article cites several sources, but the footnoted ones just reference general political facts, not anything about Waez, and the only significant thing in the "Bibliography" is Robert Fisk's book, but if you have it (or check on Amazon book view) Waez is in about one paragraph on a single page. The bibliography is troubling as well because it cites a three day personal interview as as a source. So given Sarwar Waez's almost non-existent notability and the apparent OR that makes up the basis for virtually the entire text, this needs to go.  Glenfarclas  ( talk ) 05:43, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Thinking it might be a faulty transliteration, I tried googling his Arabic name, and got one non-Wikipedia hit:  Of course, I can't read it, but I expected more.  The fourth item in the bibliography mentions a Sayed Waez, and the first item gives me a 404 error.  I'm not sure what to think after ten minutes trying to track this article down, but early signs aren't encouraging. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 06:32, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I tried a few variations as well, like "Mullah Waez" (no hits). If anyone can do better I'll be interested to hear it, but I agree the signs are bad.   Glenfarclas   ( talk ) 07:21, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Afghanistan-related deletion discussions.  -- Bradjamesbrown (talk) 06:36, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete I, too, tried various searches using the name waez and keywords on subject's accomplishments to no avail. After searching about 15 minutes with absolutely zero relevant hits, it would appear that there is no way to make this article verifiable. vulture19 15:28, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per nominator!--Professional Assassin (talk) 19:10, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete based on lack of verifiability. Edward321 (talk) 02:37, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
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