Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mizanur Rahman Azhari

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The result was delete. Sandstein 19:28, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mizanur Rahman Azhari

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There are 95 sources in the article. These made the article WP:REFBOMB. The article is full of references from unreliable sources, youtube link of his waz (religious lecture) and very few routine coverage from reliable sources. The article fails WP:ANYBIO and WP:GNG. S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 03:09, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I totally agree. Having searched the net for references in the languages I know, I am entirely convinced that he fails to meet Wikipedia’s notability criteria. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GorgeCustersSabre (talk • contribs)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 03:09, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 03:09, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 03:09, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails WP:GNG. Störm (talk) 14:20, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless more reliable sources are provided by the contributing editor. There is no doubt Mr. Azhari is popular, but where are the reliable sources? A search of Google sources gave results only to promotional materials and no mainstream publication that we know of. Furthermore our Wikipedia article reads like a promotional piece to marketing for his materials and provide access to specific YouTube lectures. What if there are say another 2-300 more lectures after he returns in March 2020 from Malaysia. So now we connect even to more YouTube videos? I mean where does this stop? Ideally there should be just one link to the YouTube global channel page. The rest is just advertisement and needs removal. I am ok to keeping the article conditionally but after providing reliable sources and trimming the article after removing all YouTube links. werldwayd (talk) 08:19, 27 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- I believe that the main interest of such a page is with the Bengali readership. If we go to the Berngali page of Mizanur Rahman Azhari, where they should get best and most comprehensive information, as all the output of Mizanur Rahman Azhari is in Bengali and some Arabic, the Bengali version is restrained and acceptable and translates as: "Mizanur Rahman Azhari is one of the notable speakers, scholars and preachers from Bangladesh." After some references, it goes on to say: "Early life and education: Azhari was born on January 26, 1990 in Demra, Dhaka, Bangladesh." End of article... Now that type of approach in English Wikipedia would have passed, though with some difficulty, but still I believe it would have passed. What's not acceptable is a listing of all Mr. Azhari's sermons filmed for YouTube, with links to each and every one of them. That is plain promotion and advertisement. werldwayd (talk) 21:07, 27 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Werldwayd Thanks for your comment. In Bangla Wikipedia the page is protected now. And yes, for me it also seems to me that the article is a promotional article.S. M. Nazmus Shakib (talk) 02:36, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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