Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Asarulislam Syed

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 Speedy delete per WP:CSD#G12: Copyright infringement The base of this article was a copyright infringement as pointed out by User:Kudpung. While legitimate edits were made to the article they are unfortunately derivative works of a copyright infringement. The article has been deleted, however there is no prejudice against another article of the same subject being recreated if it can demonstrate the requirements of the project. Chillum 00:21, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Asarulislam Syed[edit]

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Zero coverage in reliable sources as required to meet WP:GNG or WP:BIO. SmartSE (talk) 21:49, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Two things at least are clear: he does not meet WP:PROF (no publications I can locate), and his professional role as a physician is non-notable. The question is whether he's notable as a political figure, or political writer. The article makes far reaching claims e.g. the founder of Jannat Pakistan Party, a party which has not yet contested any elections -- Pakistan apparently has 182 political parties, and certainly not all of them are notable. He is additionally claimed to be notable as: a performer in a local California band playing Pakistani music; someone who "conscientiously rose to speak on various public forums"; a deliverer of radio sermons that "attracted a huge audience internationally"; author of "author of a world renowned article "Conspiracies against Islam, From Qadian to Taliban." published in "A Newsletter from WWW. QUAIDEAZAM. COM", the website of Shalimar Radio, a station that " Pakistani Radio that operated through purchased Air Time from Channel 900 AM, from KALI (AM) in West Covina, California. " Those articles--all written by User:Ibne'Ishaq and User:BiH, a now-banned promotional editor-- need looking at also. DGG ( talk ) 02:06, 14 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Promotional article by a paid advocate. WP:COI and WP:OR apply. Richard Harvey (talk) 15:18, 14 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Article is a COPYVIO and/or close paraohrasing of http://quaideazam.com/asarulislam/, one of its sources; and all the reasons per DGG. Note: The creator of these paid articles has since been indef blocked . Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:00, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.