Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kawran Bazar

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The result was keep. Black Kite 12:08, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Kawran Bazar

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No indication of why this area is important. Enigma^msg 04:51, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

• Delete- A google search will verify that this place exists and that it is in the city of Dhaka, but that's about it. Is it a suburb? Is it an administrative district? Is it just a loosely defined area of Dhaka unofficially and colloquially called Kawran Bazar? I don't know. The article doesn't say and I can't find out from any sources that I can find. This article is an unexpandable microstub. Now, I know there are people that claim all real places are inherently notable. I disagree, but even if we accept for the sake of argument that that's true, you still need to be able to write an article about a place before you put it on Wikipedia. What we have now is not an article and it's worse than useless. Reyk _YO! 06:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Keep- because of the sources found based on the alternate spelling of the place. Reyk _YO! 22:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
• Delete. Worse than useless is right. What is it? JBsupreme (talk) 07:20, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
• Delete Definitely Delete - Fastily (talk) 07:40, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Changed to Keep - article has been significantly improved - Fastily (talk) 02:41, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
• Keep Google shows a number of businesses that use it in their snail address, and there's news articles in the Bangladesh independent newspaper that use the term.--  Chzz  ►  08:32, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 14:45, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
• Strong Keep: Kawran Bazar, also spelled Karwan Bazar, is one of the rising commercial districts of the city. Most of the new TV channel and newspaper offices are located there. The location is also a big marketplace. I admit that the article is awful at this moment, and needs a lot of content which I'll try to add now. Those of you who voted "delete", please reevaluate your decisions after I add the content. Thanks. --Ragib (talk) 18:09, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Note: Please note that the most common spelling for the area is "Karwan Bazar", though the misspelling "Kawran Bazar" is also used widely. Now, I have added the following info ... (1) only 5star hotel of Dhaka is located here, (2) at least 1 university (3) most of the private television channel studio and main offices in Bangladesh (4) many leading Bengali and English newspapers have their offices located here. So, I hope after the addition of this content, the users voting for delete will reconsider their positions. Banglapedia has a complete entry on the location, and I have added several references to the article. --Ragib (talk) 18:27, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
    • I fail to see why an area of a city merits inclusion. Anything of use could go in the Dhaka City article. Enigma^msg 21:44, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

• • • • Well, how about saying the same for Times Square? Or the Tenderloin? Or Trafalgar Square? Or Wall Street? Karwan Bazar is an important business district in Dhaka, and just like Wall Street having its own article, Karwan Bazar merits inclusion. Besides, the article on Dhaka (an FA) is already written in summary style, and has no room to discuss the details/history and other information about the Karwan Bazar area. --Ragib (talk) 22:01, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

• • • • • Karwan Bazar doesn't compare to any of those in terms of significance. Enigma^msg 01:25, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

That is your Systemic bias :) ... I should remind you that Dhaka happens to be one of the mega cities of the world, with close to 10 million population, and at any given time, more people visit Karwan Bazar for business than any of those places. Anyway, I have provided references that show the area's significance as a market and business center since the 17th century. I have also showed that most of the major television channels of Bangladesh as well as several major newspapers are located there. The business district also hosts the only 5star hotel in Dhaka city as well as Bangladesh. The area also has the headquarters of several major state and private business organizations. So, I think the notability of the area is established by now. --Ragib (talk) 01:47, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

• Keep. A well known district of a major city. Phil Bridger (talk) 16:11, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

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