Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tahera Ahmad


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The result was delete. Sam Walton (talk) 19:40, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Tahera Ahmad

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Trivial event. NOT NEWs  DGG ( talk ) 06:09, 21 June 2015 (UTC)


 * User:DGG, I'm not sure you did the due diligence on this one.
 * | More U.S. colleges adding Muslim chaplains
 * | Words of God in women’s voices: Women reciting the Qur’an in public
 * | Tahera Ahmad Is First Woman To Recite Quran At ISNA Convention
 * | Meet the First Woman to Recite the Quran at America's Largest Muslim Convention
 * |Tahera Ahmad – The Calling Classroom Module
 * | Tahera Ahmad speaks at the celebration of 25th anniversary of Al-Iman
 * | Tahera Ahmad works with all faiths as Northwestern University's first Muslim chaplain
 * | Misconceptions of Muslim women exposed
 * | Year in Review : Top Ten Good Muslim News Stories
 * | Speaking Up ISlamic HOrizons magazine isn't linking correctly?
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 * Those cover the range of 2011-2015 aside from the coke can incident. She's been featured on public tv,radio and print. She's been cited as the first female reader of the quran in public at the largest american muslim convention. She was also honored at the white house during woman history month in 2014. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 09:31, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

FYI I am intending on coming back to fix this up a bit. I had previously left messages on a few places enlisting help to improve it but it was mostly ignored. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 10:03, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. North America1000 11:04, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America1000 11:04, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Delete: (Per my talk page comment) She's not notable in the least and neither is that coke can event. The notability guideline stresses that events must have some lasting historical impact. There was some buzz in the media, the airline apologized, and the story faded. -- Veggies ( talk ) 14:19, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * User:Veggies You are fixating on that one event, above I show additional ones prior to that event for SEVERAL years. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 14:52, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I found what appear to be two seperate times she was featured on public tv, [] Is from New Hampshire Public Tv and [] is from PBS. If you take the time they are both different times she has been featured for reasons of her faith. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 15:02, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * As I said, she isn't notable. She hasn't received substantial secondary-source coverage nor has she been recognized for some historic contribution. Not sure what your reasoning is, here. -- Veggies ( talk ) 15:44, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The event at ISNA was a first for America thus it would be historic. I would like to ask specifically where the guidelines say that their impact has to be historic. I've shown she was featured in a tv series on national tv, I can show she has at least 10 articles above she is either featured in or used as an expert. She's been featured in print, radio, tv and online and not for a flash in the pan time, but 4+ years. A couple of those links above like the womens voices one and one other which title escapes me also describes her activites in reciting it "ground breaking" Hell in a Bucket (talk) 16:25, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * WP:PEOPLE is where the guidelines are. Not everyone who is mentioned in an article or has their face on TV is notable. -- Veggies ( talk ) 19:54, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:38, 21 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep and rename The coke can event is notable. Covered in CNN, People Magazine, NBC and others. Suggest naming the article after the event and reaching out to Ms. Ahmad to see if she would like to request a WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE. CorporateM (Talk) 16:47, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
 * User:CorporateM thank you for that, I believe we actually have an account by that name in the article history whether that was her is anybodies guess. I personally don't think a page just about the incident is nec. She is notable for other things too and I think the coke can incident as an article would be a little WP:UNDUE. She does not have Michael Jackson intense coverage but she has been in the paper or other media across the country so I thought it would count as "significant" Hell in a Bucket (talk) 12:45, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 07:28, 28 June 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 15:05, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete the list of links provided by Hell in a Bucket comes down to dead links, primary sources, blogs and trivial mentions. Plus a run-of-the-mill "discrimination incident" the coverage of which has petered out long ago. She's certainly struggling to get some attention, but did not attain notability yet. Kraxler (talk) 19:34, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Which links aren't working correctly and I will fix them. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 19:43, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Links # 1, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are either dead (error message) or removed content (not anymore available). Kraxler (talk) 20:00, 12 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete Per DGG and Kraxler. NOTNEWS and insufficient coverage, apart from some blogs. --Randykitty (talk) 13:28, 14 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete - WP:BLP1E; apart from the airline incident this person would be an unknown individual. (and no, reciting the Koran" is not a notable incident). Tarc (talk) 16:07, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete as not notable. valereee (talk) 18:40, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Consensus is that she is not notable, I disagree as I have shown national TV coverage, national news and then some international coverage but it appears these do not give her notability. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 19:35, 14 July 2015 (UTC)


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