Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaukat Ali Abdul Ghafoor


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 01:01, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Shaukat Ali Abdul Ghafoor

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This article fails to address WP:BIO. Being a "business tycoon" does not confer encyclopaedic notability or ensure enduring historic impact. The article refers to his "numerous accomplishments" but in order to demonstrate notability, some of these need to be enumerated with independent reliable sources. Searching Google News I get no matches for Shaukat Ali Abdul Ghafoor, a strange oversight when it comes to tycoons, perhaps he calls himself something else in press interviews? Ash (talk) 16:13, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- Ash (talk) 16:15, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. A quick Google search brings up no reliable or independent results, so this article clearly does not meet the criteria set out in WP:BIO. JulieSpaulding (talk) 16:31, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - The article builds the subject to be quite an important business person. As already said here, you would think with those claims, the subject would show up in google news searches. There is the possibility that he shows up in a search like that in Arabic, but since the article has been around for so long and there's been no evidence to prove this, I'm going with delete. --Omarcheeseboro (talk) 16:55, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, non notable branch manager and probably a vanity page, as having a "favorite quote" tends to indicate. Google doesn't know anything about a Noor Alfatah Medal, although interestingly "Noor al-Fatah" returns two sites referring to a "Noor Al Fatah General Contracting" company, which seems to be the type of business Mr. Ghafoor is in. At any rate, not notable unless more sources can somehow be found.    Glenfarclas   ( talk ) 22:13, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. My first thought that transcription issues might be hampering searches, but a search in Arabic finds nothing beyond a few forum posts. Phil Bridger (talk) 16:42, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - "favorite quote," etc. lead me to believe this is a vanity page. That, coupled with a lack of sources (and thanks to Phil Bridger, it doesn't appear to be a language issue), leads to me believe that this subject doesn't pass our notability guidelines.   Cocytus   [»talk«]  03:29, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions.  -- Ash (talk) 12:45, 12 January 2010 (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.