Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sylhet Protidin (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Liz Read! Talk! 06:37, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Sylhet Protidin
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Small regional newspaper in Bangladesh with no evidence of notability either in the article or the sources used. Google search found nothing to suggest it would pass WP:NORG. Vinegarymass911 (talk) 20:24, 3 March 2024 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, asilvering (talk) 21:51, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: News media and Bangladesh. Vinegarymass911 (talk) 20:24, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:GNG and WP:NOTINHERITED. If you type in "major" or "notable", be prepared to show evidence therefor. Also, having one semi-notable reporter does not make the newspaper notable. Bearian (talk) 14:58, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete Calling this short-lived regional daily a "major" newspaper is an exaggeration. According to a press release about a new newspaper by the same editor, Sylhet Protidin began publication in 2006 and ceased some time between 2007 and 2008. I can't find any instance of it receiving an award or being cited by a reliable source. Does not meet WP:NNEWSPAPER or WP:NMEDIA. No good redirect target, but perhaps the alleged torture of the editor could be worked into Rapid Action Battalion. --Worldbruce (talk) 17:41, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Pinging as concerned parties those participants in the previous discussion who have edited in the past year: --Worldbruce (talk) 17:48, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep Have you searched in Bengali or just in English? If Reporters without Borders think a publication important enough to write an article about it, and if the UNHCR think it important enough to reproduce that article, there will be further reliable sources in its own language, regardless of what you find in English.  Moreover, print serials characteristically get print coverage and subscription-only database coverage (e.g. Ulrichsweb), so Google will miss heaps of sources.  Nyttend (talk) 20:54, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, I searched in Bengali as well as English. The press release I linked to above is in Bengali. There is nothing about the paper in Ulrichsweb. Reporters without Borders (RSF) didn't write an article about Sylhet Protidin, but about the alleged torture of Ahmed Noor. All the article says about the paper is that Ahmed Noor was its editor, and it printed a story by human rights organization Odhikar. RSF is an advocacy organization that defends all journalists, not just those who work for outlets that are important or notable. WP:MUSTBESOURCES is unconvincing unless sources can be shown to exist. --Worldbruce (talk) 23:13, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Delete: Does not meet GNG, Notability (organizations and companies), or WP:NMEDIA. While it is sad concerning the torture of journalist Noor Ahmed, the two sources are concerning this individual (notability is not inherited) and not the subject, so currently mistitled. Once notability has been challenged, and a Search for additional sources performed (D), the burden shifts. If successful this is referred to as a HEY. Also, this is currently a BLP related article and the sourcing criteria is more stringent. --  Otr500 (talk) 01:48, 14 March 2024 (UTC)


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