Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saeed rashid

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 of the debate was KEEP. JamesTeterenko 04:03, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saeed rashid

Non notable Neigel von Teighen 14:55, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

• Delete --Neigel von Teighen 14:55, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as nn. --Terence Ong 15:44, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as non-notable. Siva1979^{Talk to me} 15:52, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep A New Biographical Page(Falcon007 17:16, 17 February 2006 (UTC))
  • It's quite disturbing to see this commented as 'non notable'. If someone is not well represented on web, it doesn't mean that he was un-worthy. I ask for immediate removal of this hold.
  • Similarly, It's quite interesting to see how people try to ruin others contribution just to exercise there pseudo-intellectuallism and wild freedoms.
  • I created this page to motivate his pupil so that they come forward and represent their mentor.
  • I liked the vision of wikipedia in which people would contribute towards a better understanding of the world and any miss-doing would eventually phased out by regular contributers, but didn't know that some would kill it in the very start and destroy the very essence of wikipedia.
  • I will not urge it anymore. Prof. Saeed doesn't require wikipedia refference to justify his works. Thanks ...

You only get to vote once, Falcon007. I say Weak keep, he seems to have an extensive bibiolgraphy, though I don't know that we need an article on every book he's ever written. User:Zoe|^(talk) 17:42, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Bibliography appears legit, and subject apparently played a notable role in Pakistani education, with building named for him. Monicasdude 18:25, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep — How is he non-notable, at least as listed? Granted the article needs cleanup and some fact checking. Thanks. :) — RJH 18:31, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. I would vote to keep if we have verifiable proof that he has done these things. I don't know we have such evidence. Capitalistroadster 23:48, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete: as unverifiable. I can't verify any of these books' existence, let alone their importance. If the article needs "some fact checking" and "apparently played a notable role...", then it needs to be expanded in a hurry or deleted. The only external links are to a GeoCities site (which apparently isn't worth the $5 per month to remove the obnoxious ad) and a single school article in another language. If he's so respected by Alamgirians, why doesn't http://www.alamgirian.org have more than a single page or anything in English? If they have more, I wouldn't know since their search feature is broken - i.e., two junky sources. —Wknight94 (talk) 03:33, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
• Moderately Strong Keep Many of the books do exist as they are available in various libraries: try searching for Sa`id Rashid or Sajid Rashid; WorldCat returns at least 10 of the books listed in the article. Ardric47 04:05, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Abstain: Well, I'm not able to see what Ardric47 is seeing - he guesses because it's a subscription service - but I'll take his word for it enough to change my vote to abstain instead of delete. —Wknight94 (talk) 20:32, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Columbia University (for example) (online at [1]) has 9 titles catalogued under Rāshid, Saʻīd (it might be easier to copy and paste the Unicode characters). Ardric47 03:33, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
      • thanks ... these are some of his books (Falcon007 05:39, 20 February 2006 (UTC))
• keep, looks notable. Kappa 13:32, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep on principle. No valid reason given to delete. "NN" or "Non-notable" is almost meaningless - all it says is "I can't think of a good reason, I just want this to be deleted". Stifle 14:42, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
• Oh and move to correct capitalization. Stifle 14:42, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
  • already been moved. the link on this page with incorrect capitalization is redirected to the correct capitalization version.--Alhutch 04:01, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep appears to be a notable author and relatively important figure in education in Pakistan.--Alhutch 04:01, 21 February 2006 (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.