Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zaheer Ahmed (Author)


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The result was Delete and salt the author article. Delete the list article. --MelanieN (talk) 20:42, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Zaheer Ahmed (Author)

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Re-creation of salted article Zaheer Ahmed, which was speedied three times A7, plus once G3 hoax, and deleted BLP prod once as well, for a total of five deletions. No reliable sources, so I initially BLP prodded it again, but as there's no indication of notability of this self-published fan fiction author per WP:AUTHOR, and I can't find anything in English online about the author, I'm taking it to AFD. If it gets deleted, an admin could rename it to Zaheer Ahmed which would then simplify CSD G4 the next time it's re-created. Dai Pritchard (talk) 15:11, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following related pages because it's an unreferenced list of two notable authors, the author above, an unreferenced BLP, one redlinked author on whom the article was AFD'd on notability, and a long list of me-too authors of in-universe stories and fan fiction for the Imran series of novels. The subject of other authors is already well covered at Imran Series, Mazhar Kaleem, and Imran Series (Mazhar Kaleem):


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Dai Pritchard (talk) 15:18, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. Dai Pritchard (talk) 15:18, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. Dai Pritchard (talk) 15:18, 18 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete as Per Nom Himanshugarg06 (talk) 15:36, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, and nom may also wish to consider a bundled AfD for Mazhar Kaleem (I find it highly unlikely that a single author has written over 300 novels, suggesting he lends his name to any struggling ghost writer for a percentage), Imran Series and Imran Series (Mazhar Kaleem) (his alleged books, no sources), Imran series characters (rambling fan-cruft and probable copy-vio with digging), Ali Imran and Family of Ali Imran (characters from the novels), and List of Imran Series authors (the title of which stipulates multiple authors). Pax 10:10, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt. The trouble with foreign language authors is that sometimes they will never receive RS coverage in English, although typically if an author is overwhelmingly notable then there will typically be some sort of chatter on the Internet in English. Other than a few dubious sources, I can't really find anything out there. A Google search for the author's name in Urdu brings up very little, which gives off the impression that if this author does exist then he's just not that notable of an author. Being prolific does not automatically guarantee notability, although it can make it more likely and ultimately at this point in time authors can only become notable via coverage in reliable sources- which does not seem to exist right now. Tokyogirl79  (｡◕‿◕｡)   06:23, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete and salt per above. We are not a web host. Bearian (talk) 20:07, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete-everything has been said. Wgolf (talk) 17:47, 25 March 2015 (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.