Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Selina Parvin


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 00:58, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Selina Parvin

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Journalist killed as an intellectual martyr during a mass execution that killed 988 others. Does not appear to be notable as a journalist, and thus is not notable per WP:1E. FCSundae ∨  ☃   (talk) 12:17, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 12:54, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
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 * Comment – Try this search:
 * — Northamerica1000 (talk) 14:09, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
 * — Northamerica1000 (talk) 14:09, 7 December 2011 (UTC)


 * (ec)Keep She might be one of many killed, however, the sources mentioning her name and work exist, see Daily Star, G-books, Bangladesh Genocide Archive etc. I'm sure it is possible to find out more in Bengali or in other languages spoken in Bangladesh. Martyred Intellectuals Day of Bangladesh is important for the history of Bangladesh and we should not delete verifiable information associated with this date. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 14:10, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Those sources do support that she was both a journalist and one of the martyred intellectuals. I am just not sure whether she is notable for either. On the other hand, there does appear to be a "docufiction" about her life as well as, possibly, a book. Apologies, as I did not find either of those during my initial search. I cannot speak to the notability of the film or the book, except to note that it is difficult to find information on either in English. FCSundae  ∨  ☃   (talk) 14:35, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the links, FCSundae, it strenghtens my position to keep the article. Bangladeshi celebrate those people as martyrs and builders of national freedom, and I don't think it is appropriate to apply WP:1E for this kind of articles. I can imagine a list mentioning the names and careers of individual intelectuals killed by Pakistani, however, deletion would be in my opinion a bad decision. Your sources suggest that there's a possibility to build a decent article about this journalist. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 14:59, 7 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep a national hero. I suspect that most sources are going to be in foriegn languages, but I'm confident they're there. Stuartyeates (talk) 01:02, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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