Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rania Khan

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The result was keep. -Scottywong | verbalize _ 23:12, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Rania Khan

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I believe that the article Rania Khan does not meet the Wikipedia:Notability criteria to justify a separate entry. I believe this article fails on a number of grounds. The creator of the article is User:Tanbircdq who has only ever made one entry - this one. I believe this is an example of sock puppetry and the actual author is the subject of the article. Either that, or the creator is a close associate of the subject. Therefore, this article is a prima facie example of self promotion. Furthermore, most of the sources cited in the article are minor references in political websites or articles where she receives a mention in trivial media. There are also one or two pieces she has written herself. Again this fails the notability criteria. A person independent of this topic would not consider her notable enough - or if she was - then every local councillor or occasional journalist deserves their own page. This article also fails for not providing Neutral sources as self-published sources cannot be assumed neutral and the piece is entirely uncritical. Aetheling1125 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aetheling1125 (talk • contribs)

Comment Do not accuse someone of sock puppetry or conflict of interest without some evidence. Additionally, the admin noticeboard is a more appropriate location for complaints about other users. NJ Wine (talk) 02:04, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I apologise for the sock puppetry comment. It was misplaced. But regarding the other points, there are tens of thousands of local politicians representing wards across the UK, does that mean they all get a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aetheling1125 (talk • contribs)

I understand your perspective, because there was a certain amount of crap in the article that I removed. Normally, local politicians do not get Wiki articles, but based on the standard I list below, she is notable based on the amount of press coverage she has received. It is not our job to determine if it's fair that she should have received all this press coverage, but simply whether she meets Wikipedia's notability of people standard or not. NJ Wine (talk) 02:04, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Ms. Khan appears to be an elected politician whose opinions have given her a decent amount of media coverage. WP:POLITICIAN lists several grounds for notability including: Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage. She meets this standard, and thus is notable. NJ Wine (talk) 02:05, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep—I agree that local politicians are not notable simply because they are local politicians, but Ms. Khan seems to have met the standard of WP:POLITICIAN based on the citations in the article. Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 15:27, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:39, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, →B music ian 02:08, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Very weak keep. Borough councillor and borough cabinet member are not positions at the level granted automatic notability by WP:POLITICIAN, so we should look to WP:GNG instead. Most of the references do not provide the independence and in-depth coverage required by GNG, but there are two exceptions: the East London Advertiser story on her award nomination and the British Bangladeshi Who's Who profile. That may be (barely) enough. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:05, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep- Meets GNG. Can keep with additional references. Bharathiya 03:20, 13 June 2012 (UTC) (talk)

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