Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashfaqulla Khan

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The result was keep. - Mailer Diablo 07:09, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ashfaqulla Khan

No references or sources. Highly POV. No support as to why this guy and his one act of looting a train is really notable. Nv8200p talk 19:26, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep I don't know how to properly cite in wikipedia but I added an external link to the page. There are some other good sites showing up on google that could be used as a reference for this article. Zephyr2k 21:18, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep - Are you kidding me? Ashfaqulla Khan is revered as a patriot and a freedom fighter.Bakaman _Bakatalk 22:06, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Or a thief and a terrorist depending on which side you are on. -Nv8200p talk 22:25, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
    • You have a valid point. However, that is not grounds for deletion. If the article is POV then it should be neutralized.Shiva's Trident 01:47, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
    • A thief or a terrorist can also bring great change if one is colonized TerryJ-Ho 23:01, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

<removed inflammatory comment by myself> Bakaman _Bakatalk 23:05, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep could do with a rewrite but seems like a clear keep to me. Dlyons493 Talk 22:18, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep:

Indian Telegraph Newspaper coverage mentions "A group of revolutionaries, led by Chandrashekar Azad, Pandit Ram Prasad Bismal, Ashfaq Ullah Khan, Thakur Rosnan Singh and Rajendranath Lahiri, had stopped the Eight Down Saharanpur passenger train from Hardoi to Lucknow at the Bajnagar village on August 9, 1925. They removed the safe containing government money and looted Rs 8,000 to finance weapons for their struggle."[1]

and Parliament has commemorated his martyrdompaid homage and Indian National Congress Party site shows too.Actually its a well known case in Indian Freedom movement [2] TerryJ-Ho 22:43, 30 August 2006 (UTC) .

• Keep:

But The article is not 'Islam related'.Shiva's Trident 01:45, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep: There are many other article which are unsources. You put a tag called {{fact}} on them. You dont put them in AfDs.nids(♂) 07:03, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep very much a notable person, necessary biography. Yes there is a lot of POV and unverified info. Rama's arrow 14:38, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - notable Indian independence activist -- Lost^(talk) 17:00, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy Keep. I appreciate Nv8200p's work with unsourced articles and images with no license, but this is an important figure in Indian history. Like nids said, few {{fact}} tags would have been better. utcursch | talk 03:05, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Just realized there is another article: Shahid Ashfaqallah Khan. Merge. utcursch | talk 04:25, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Merged. utcursch | talk 04:35, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletions. -- -- Lost^(talk) 17:02, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep He is a Freedom Fighter associated with Kakori train robbery and one of the key figures of Indian Independence movement _Doctor Bruno_^_Talk_/_{E Mail} 13:07, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep: Well known freedom fighter. --Ragib 07:53, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep: 'why this guy and his one act of looting a train is really notable'? Well maybe the response to this AFD answers such a question. :)

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hydkat (talk • contribs) .

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.