Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Tharik Hussain

In response to the AfD, I would like to say that my notability is in a field that is very niche and still developing/emerging, especially in the western psyche. The Muslim Travel Market and the Muslim heritage of the west. I would also like to add that quite clearly the revelations I have made - Discovering America's oldest mosque, a Sinan military fortress and a 600 year old Muslim community in the Baltic are certainly of note, and this has been acknowledged, albeit not necessarily in a written article as such. None of the above appear anywhere on the internet or in many public sources otherwise. As for the citations I make that link to writing by myself. I usually do this to evidence claims I am making about what I have written about - such as the Baltic Muslim or where it has appeared - writing for Thomson Reuters. I cannot see how else one would evidence such a claim except to lead the reader to the source. At present it is true that global media has not written much about the work I have done, but I expect that to change. The only ones that have are niche or local media as in the case of the newspaper mentioned and this LB24TV interview. I also have evidence of appearances on British Muslim TV, Islam Channel and BBC Radio where I am discussed in this light - for my specialism in the Muslim heritage of the west and travel writing about Muslim travel. I have not yet got round to connecting the relevant citations therein. In part because sometimes the citation is difficult to make as the programme may have been was live and no longer available, however, I do know the specific details in order for this to be confirmed and verified independently. I also feel I have been transparent about the fact that this is an entry about myself. I would appreciate it as one message states, if someone else was to assist in editing it in an unbiased way if it is felt that this is the case at present. The Wandering Musulman (talk)
 * Thanks for commenting. I have copied your comment to the deletion discussion so other contributors will be able to find it more easily. Thanks, /wiae /tlk  20:03, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Dear editors, I can see from the above response that clearly my intentions have been misunderstood, and whilst I respect that editors are often blunt because of the sheer number of AfD's they sift through, I would suggest Bearin's disrespectful approach to feedback towards someone clearly new and unfamiliar with the community rules, be reconsidered. The feedback is difficult to respect because of its obvious lack of professionalism and overt personal nature, which assumes certain things about the author they are clearly not in a position to affirm. I would appreciate it if the deletion of the article in question be fast-tracked as I really am not interested in getting into a tit for tat discussion with such individuals nor am I that concerned about retaining the article. As for the earlier comments, thank you for your professional approach, which at least allowed me to consider a response to what was being said and could well have gone on to provide further evidence to potentially support this response. I also feel sad that despite my request for support, which was proposed with the initial welcome message, this has not been forthcoming. Needless to say, I leave this discussion and community with a saddened perspective of those recruited to edit it. The Wandering Musulman (talk) 22:54, 23 May 2016 (UTC)