Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sofiur Rahman

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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 was Keep. (aeropagitica) 21:41, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sofiur Rahman

Proposed deletion tag removed by author Tarif Ezaz (talk • contribs). Brianyoumans (talk • contribs) wrote: "Not notable; this man was merely an innocent bystander who happened to be shot by the police; I think mentioning him in the language movement article would be more than sufficient. Brianyoumans 12:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)"

I agree with him so I've sent this to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. A Google search for ("Sofiur Rahman" -wikipedia) returns no mention of this person at all. Fails: Wikipedia:Notability (people) --  Netsnipe  ►  18:08, 10 October 2006 (UTC)


  • Strong keep:
    • Subject was recipient of Ekushey Padak, one of the highest national awards of Bangladesh, awarded posthumously in 2000. See bio from Banglapedia.
    • As for google test, it is not reliable at all for non-Western topics, and doesn't cover most of non-web notability. Usage of it for non-western topics often results in Systemic bias.
    • The Banglapedia link I provided here is from the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh.
    • Also note that the spelling of his first name has been written down variously as "Shafiur Rahman", "Sofiur Rahman", "Shofiur Rahman".
  • In light of the above points, the subject is definitely notable, and definitely passes Wikipedia:Notability (people). --Ragib 20:31, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - per above.--ppm 23:12, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Speedy Keep - I now agree that the entry should be kept. I believe he was actually given the award in 2005 (see here for a reference I added to the article); he is also not listed among the original awardees in the Banglapedia article on the Ekushey awards. --Brianyoumans 06:33, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Keep - A banglapedia article (national archives of Bangaldesh) should cement notability.Bakaman Bakatalk 00:40, 12 October 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.