Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Atiur Rahman

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The result was keep. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 16:03, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Atiur Rahman

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Non-notable professor and economist. No justification of inclusion shown except for trivial mention in newspapers (which even I have!). Fails WP:PROF. Being a Bangladeshi, I can definitely say that he is not regarded as a significant economist in Bangladeshi media. Trivial mentions (as shown in the newspaper reports) do not count as notability proof. Ragib 18:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC) •

• Additional comments:
  • Chairman of the Janata Bank - tens of others have been in that bureaucratic post.
  • Board of Sonali Bank - hundreds of others served there.
  • BIDS ( Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies) -hundreds of others did so
  • chairman of the nonprofit research institute Unnayan Shamunnay - non notable NGO, which gets very little attention even in Bangladeshi media except for trivial mention.
  • professor in the department of Development Studies in Dhaka University - hundreds of professors are employed in Dhaka University, nothing special. --Ragib 18:50, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- Pete.Hurd 20:24, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Chair of the 2nd largest bank in the country (and not _that_ small of a country) seems notable. --Hobit 00:07, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

• Janata Bank is NOT the second largest Bank in Bangladesh (that would be Rupali Bank). Also, a bureaucratic post occupied by a lot of other bureaucrats. --Ragib 05:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

• weak keep Bank chairmen do not change in and out quite so fast, though we need a more exact reference Is he the present chairman, and if not, when?DGG 05:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

• This is a govt owned bank, and the chairmanship is a bureaucratic post which changes quite often. Had he been the chairman / Governor of Bangladesh Bank (the central bank), it would have been a totally different thing. --Ragib 05:49, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletions. --   ⇒ bsnowball  09:18, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
• comment according to their home page, is is now Managing Director of the Bank, and I have adjusted the article to reflect this. If we knew how long he has held the position, we perhaps could judge its importance better, as mentioned above.DGG 01:44, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Could you please show the reference? You added without any reference. All of the brief newspaper mentions refer to him as the former Chairman. --Ragib 01:46, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Now, I'm sure your information is incorrect, per this interview [1]. Thanks. --Ragib 01:50, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per nom.RaveenS 22:09, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep any one or maybe two of his accomplishments would be non-notable, but since he has many and those affect many people, he is notable. we need to be wary of systemic bias against non-western accomplishments too. --Buridan 16:30, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

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