Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazal Karim

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The result was Keep as the Nomination is withdrawn by the nominator. (non-admin closure) SMS ^Talk 03:36, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazal Karim[edit]

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According to WP:POLITICIAN, politicians are considered notable for having served in national, state or provincial legislatures or having garnered significant press coverage. The second would also mandate a pass of WP:GNG, and both are failed here - all that seems to be mentioned in the mainstream press is that he lived, died, and viewed Pakistan as a non-secular state. His only posts seem to have been that of a "vocal member" of two political parties and he organized a protest march. Some people within his local area in Pakistan might have known who he was, but he certainly doesn't seem to have national notability; were the fact that he was vocal significant, there should have been significant coverage, and there isn't. MezzoMezzo (talk) 03:52, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. MezzoMezzo (talk) 03:55, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. MezzoMezzo (talk) 03:55, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The article says he was elected a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. Since this is the lower house of Pakistan's national legislature, how exactly does he not meet WP:POLITICIAN, the criteria of which the nominator has just quoted? -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:32, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The two links which are working for me aren't reporting that, which source exactly states he was a member? MezzoMezzo (talk) 03:24, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure which article you're actually looking at, because all three sources in the article I'm looking at say he was an "MNA". Guess what that stands for! -- Necrothesp (talk) 20:09, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw nomination, I thought that was some sort of a doctoral or honorary title. I see it now, this was a blunder on my part. MezzoMezzo (talk) 03:35, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:POLITICIAN. References already in the article confirm that the subject was a member of the National Assembly. • Gene93k (talk) 14:08, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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