Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Waqar A Malik


 * 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The result was withdrawn by nominator. ~Amatulić (talk) 06:42, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Waqar A Malik

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No independent refs provided; I looked for them on Google News without success. – Fayenatic  L ondon 13:06, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: most of the text in the article has just been removed as WP:COPYVIO. – Fayenatic  L ondon 09:35, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:06, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:07, 27 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mediran  ( t  •  c ) 10:54, 5 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. Primary source references only, apparently. Company executives are not inherently notable. ~Amatulić (talk) 13:54, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Highly important positions, and they can be documented from the sources given, which are good enough for plain facts, such as that he was CEO of what the article says he was: Chief Executive Officer of ICI Pakistan. Company executives are not inherently notable, but the CEOs of major companies have generally been so regarded. This is a national subsidiary of a major international company, and i think qualifies.      /For a more readable version before copyvio was removed--copyvio which can easily be rewritten --, see   DGG ( talk ) 19:21, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay, would you please explain what part of Notability or Notability (people) suggests that this person merits an article here? I don't see where WP:SIGCOV is met, which is the general threshold for inclusion. ~Amatulić (talk) 19:28, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * That was the problem that made me nominate it. He's clearly worthy of respect in his community, but worthy of note in a general encyclopedia? not by the standards of WP:BASIC or WP:ANYBIO. – Fayenatic  L ondon 20:07, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * As head of a branch of a major firm in a large country, and chairman of others, it's true one would expect references. I decided to repeat the nom's search. With G news-- my experience is it has to be done also using G news archive in advanced mode,  run twice , once with the time period "in archive" and again with the time period "anytime" Their logic  escapes me,  but this seems to work.
 * Checking G archive, archive First, selecting "any time"  gives : pakistan todaywhich just mentions him as having been on the board of the National bank, and The News a substantial story about him in his role as Chairman of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC). Another like that would meet the GNG.
 * Searching again, selecting the time period "in archive"  I find 16 relevant ones The First, from  The Daily Times is a full interview about him. That's the second source needed for GNG. Just as supplementary material,  most of the others are   more about ICI than about him, but this article in the Nation shows him as the one business figure they quoted in a general article, and in theDaily Times and this one there  are   short article showing his appointment to President was worth an article. They also provide 3rd party sourcing for some of the bio details.


 * I'm glad I repeated the search, because I found more than I expected to find, & more than is usual for Pakistani businessmen. I expect the nom will now withdraw the AfD.   DGG ( talk ) 00:55, 6 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep - I'm persuaded by DGG's sources. I suspect that he is supported by many more non-English sources.   --Noleander (talk) 02:01, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 00:49, 12 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep; as nominator I now wish to withdraw this. Sorry I missed the above until now, and well done DGG for persisting with Google news archive. – Fayenatic  L ondon 22:48, 14 March 2013 (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.