Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Syed Ali Akbar


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The result was Keep. Davewild (talk) 10:39, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Syed Ali Akbar

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It *looks* impressive and asserts notability but I don't think school principal and/or magazine editor are notable per WP:BIO. 7 months and one report on an Enquiry Committee in 1948 do not notability make. The vast majority of ghits are false positives and none assert any notability. And the sole 'source', which is password protected is the creator's own site and likely a family member. WP is not a geneaology website. TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 01:46, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak, conditional keep. His notability is borderline, but the article is completely lacking in references. It should be kept if sources can be provided. Pburka (talk) 02:11, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.   —David Eppstein (talk) 17:00, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep as Director of Education of Hyderabad State. And note that there are two references in the article. Phil Bridger (talk) 12:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * They're new, the creator has realised he can't keep removing the tag so is trying to improve it. I'm not convinced of his book's notability especially given how low it ranks on Amazon. I'm also not convinced of the veracity of the latter claims, I'd love to be able to verify them especially in light of the huge COI in their insertion TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 05:48, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. What has Amazon ranking got to do with notability of a book published in the 1930s? Anyway his notability doesn't depend on the book's notability. The snippets displayed by a Google book search show that he was Director of Public Instruction of Hyderabad state, which should be enough for notability. Phil Bridger (talk) 10:01, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * it was the reprint I was talking about and looked under. 2006, not 1930. I didn't know that position automatically conferred notability, fair enough TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 12:46, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and remove some of the unimportant details. Better sourcing would help, but will require appropriate printed sources. DGG (talk) 05:28, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


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