Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Irfan Abidi

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The result was delete. Bearing in mind WP:BIAS, no prejudice against recreation with better sources if they can be found in Urdu. A Train^talk 21:18, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Irfan Abidi

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Fails WP:GNG and also fails WP:AUTHOR. Greenbörg (talk) 18:33, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:53, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:53, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:53, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep - found few news stories in DAWN namechecking the subject. [1], [2], [3] and one in Urdu language Daily Pakistan [4]. I believe these are not enough to curate a bio but these for sure demonstrate that subject meets WP:GNG. --Saqib (talk) 05:35, 27 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Saqib: Not enough. Only one source discusses him. Others only say he was attending the funtion. Greenbörg (talk) 08:25, 6 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:19, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:51, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The Dawn articles are from 2003 and 2008 and report on a living Irfan Abidi. Our guy died in 1997. On the other hand the Daily Pakistan piece describes a recent commemoration of (almost certainly) our guy by the TNFJ, suggesting substantial notability within the Pakistani Shia community. I glimpsed some more sources in Urdu, but nothing that would qualify as reliable, although they suggest that the guy is still popular twenty years after he passed away. 84.73.134.206 (talk) 14:59, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Saqib: Could you check that he is really notable. He doesn't seem to be notable. Greenbörg (talk) 15:59, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Sources just not there. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:19, 10 August 2017 (UTC).[reply]
Delete as so far the AfD has not turned up the reliable in-depth independent sources needed to pass WP:GNG. I would be willing to change my mind if this situation changes. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:20, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Sources are not convincing. GNG. L3X1 (distænt write) )evidence( 16:42, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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