Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wasfia Nazreen


 * 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. Spartaz Humbug! 19:49, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Wasfia Nazreen

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Non notable activist. No independent coverage in the media about this activist. Most of the web hits are self-published sources, or activist blogs. The "BBC Interview" claim that once existed in the article is actually a 2 line quote in an article about a protest in San Francisco. Subject is not notable in Bangladeshi media as well (both Bengali and English), other than writing a few op-ed columns or letters to editors. The prod was contested, so I propose Deletion. Ragib (talk) 22:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions.  —David Eppstein (talk) 22:30, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment on her as photographer. We read that Wasfia has mentioned in a news report by BBC about a torch run[2] and other leading journals[3] for her work with Tibet and other subjects, including her photography[4]. Her photographs have been exhibited in different venues around the world. Note 4 points to a long and ruminative blog-like article, amid which her work gets a single sentence. And no source is adduced for the claim of worldwide exhibition. -- Hoary (talk) 23:13, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * KEEP - Jornalists get very few coverage in the medias worldwide unlike Model Girls or Actresses. So COMMON SENSE should be applied to find one's importance/notability.--Planetbd (talk) 05:13, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - It is possible to place few billion "" tags all through wikipedia but unfortunately very few articles are being attacked with the tag which seems to be NOT FAIR. 99% Bangladesh related articles and at least 75% articles of total wikipedia can be deleted VERY EASILY for the lack of so called "Reliable Source" or "Any source at all". What's the catch of making wikipedia EMPTY?--Planetbd (talk) 05:13, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, the foundation of Wikipedia is verifiability, and if someone cannot produce references to support notability, how would we know if the subject is notable or not? There *is* a criteria of notability of journalists, and unfrotunately, the subject fails WP:CREATIVE. Unless, of course, someone can produce references (from reliable sources supporting the criteria. As for fairness ... well, Wikipedia *is NOT* fair to non-notable topics/subjects that fail the criteria of notability. If you find other non-notable stuff, feel free to nominate them for deletion as well. Finally, if there is any obscure Bangladesh related topics (not covered by Bangladeshi media or any other reliable sources) that are not notable, please feel free to list them, so that we can discuss their notability in their AFD pages as well. Thank you. --Ragib (talk) 05:25, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * (i) 99% Bangladesh related articles and at least 75% articles of total wikipedia can be deleted VERY EASILY for the lack of so called "Reliable Source" or "Any source at all". (ii) What's the catch of making wikipedia EMPTY? I don't think that your first assertion is true, but let's suppose that it is. The second assertion seems to imply that removal of unsatisfactorily sourced articles would empty Wikipedia. Wrong. Wikipedia has a very large number of articles that are, or easily can be, well sourced. -- Hoary (talk) 05:47, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete a non-notable subject, with the article written in a way as to give no specific details on the subject but the related topic in general. Very little biographical information anyway. Shiva   (Visnu)  19:31, 16 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment: It appears that the bio is actually an auto-biography ... either the subject, or someone else wrote it about her. See the same text appearing in her Facebook profile (link redacted on second thought). The informal nature of the text and the grandiose claims in the article already raised red flags, and her facebook profile just confirms that ... it's simply a vanity autobiography (or at best, a copyvio of her facebook profile). --Ragib (talk) 23:18, 16 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Facebook tells us: Wasfia is the first Bangladeshi to govern relations between Bangladesh and Tibet. Strong believer of strategic campaigns & grassroot activism, her work is an alchemy of political and humanistic principles- merging visuals, poetry, music, dance, freedom advocacy and political activism as tools to spread awareness of Tibet's Freedom Struggle. &para; Meanwhile, Wikipedia tells us Wasfia is the first Bangladeshi to govern relations between Bangladesh and Tibet. Her work is an alchemy of political and humanistic principles, merging visuals, poetry, music, dance, freedom advocacy and political activism as tools to spread awareness of Tibet's Freedom Struggle. &para; How remarkable. The Facebook entry is illuminating, if not necessarily in the way intended. I'd assumed that "govern" was a typo or one of several glitches of the mental lexicon (surely by "alchemy" she means "amalgam"), but as I read this thing in its entirety I started to wonder. Here's how it ends: She now breaths [sic] her time between Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and Bangladesh. In conjunction with the usual activist ordeal & teaching English to ex-political prisoners and exiled nuns & monks, currently she is working on a book, and a historic event in her motherland (more details coming soon).  &para; Well, let's see the independent commentary that the book brings, and let's see how this "event" actually does go down in history.  Delete. -- Hoary (talk) 23:48, 16 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions.  —Ragib (talk) 01:27, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. While it is true that notable journalists are frequently not themselves the subject of non-trial coverage, the same cannot be said for notable activists. The subject of this article is claimed to be notable for activism, which doesn't appear&mdash;at least for now&mdash;to be supported by sources. Bongo  matic  18:13, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
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