Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tariq Rahim Soomro


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:34, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Tariq Rahim Soomro

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

Very promotional in tone. Claims that the subject has published a large number of papers, but a review of the publications on Google Scholar and ResearchGate shows that a very high proportion are in journals that appear on Beall's list and its successors - i.e. predatory open access, the academic equivalent of vanity press. Overall, despite the peacock terms, there's no real evidence this meets WP:PROF. Guy (Help!) 13:08, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:45, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 17:45, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 03:40, 15 November 2017 (UTC)


 * He had published several reputed papers; including but not limited to paper published in ISI indexing journal and conferences (Researcher ID E-7462-2016, http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-7462-2016); Scopus Indexed Journals and Conferences (Scopus ID 0000-0002-7119-0644, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7119-0644) and his ORCID is 6507687835 (Please see https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6507687835), which can be very easily verified with given references.
 * He has more than 390 citations (according to google), this means his publications are quality publication and has been appreciated & cited; along with his h-index = 10, shows that he is consistent in quality publication. (Ref: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0zP5EYoAAAAJ&hl=en) Arif80s (talk) 06:47, 15 November 2017 (UTC) — Arif80s (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * You say "he" as if you are not the subject or his representative. That is... implausible. Guy (Help!) 10:04, 17 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment I am evaluating the papers and the journals and will put in my !vote when I am done. A cursory glance however shows a lot of predatory open access journals. I have been unable to find publications in tier 1 or 2 conferences/journals and an h-index of 10 is not that great in Computer Science.--DreamLinker (talk) 16:42, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Whether the papers are in legitimate journals or not isn't directly relevant, since we don't judge notability by what a person has written, but by what has been written about them. What is relevant is that a large portion of the citations to the subject's work are also in predatory/vanity journals, and these can't be considered coverage in reliable sources for the purposes of WP:N. Combined with the low citation counts and h-index, I think this makes the case for WP:PROF very weak indeed. I also can't find anything that would indicate a pass of any of the other PROF criteria, or any media coverage that would count towards the GNG. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 19:29, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete- Not notable. AsadUK200


 * Answer If you are considering deletion of this article then please look at the following in Pakistani Computer Scientists category:


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Razaque his Google citation are less https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EFC24OwAAAAJ&hl=en He is PhD in 2014-15 and according to HEC Pakistan can’t qualify to become Professor.


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Jaffar-ur-Rehman no list of papers, no citations on Google available can’t be verified.


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeshan-ul-Hassan_Usmani very prominent personality but look at his papers and citations https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YQo8S_cAAAAJ&hl=en Arif80s (talk) 04:09, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
 * You are welcome to nominate for deletion any other article you consider falls below the required standards of sourcing. See also WP:OTHERSTUFF. Guy (Help!) 18:29, 20 November 2017 (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.