Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Muhammad Ali Khan Mohmand

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The result was keep per nominator's withdrawal. —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 01:33, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad Ali Khan Mohmand

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Writer of this article claims that the subject is a Pakistani politician, yet no evidence outside of Wikipedia can be found to assert this: 2 hits on google, both of which refer to Wikipedia, one to this article, the other to Shabqadar - information there was added by an IP address, and simply appears to have been copied or used as an internal source to the article I've nominated.

~~No external news coverage, in English or Urdu anywhere, and the link to Dr Tariq Khan appears to have been an attempt at a walled garden.~~

Nothing special about this guy makes me think he's suitable for inclusion - Speedy declined under A7 Bio, so bringing it to the floor for some opinions. BarkingFish ^{Talk to me} | ^{My contributions} 10:33, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NOMINATION WITHDRAWN - Article subject IS notable, error in the source searching was due to a misspelling of his name in the article title. I hold my hands up to this one, I made a balls of it :) Suggest to closing admin - move to correct title at Mohammad Ali Khan Mohmand upon closure. BarkingFish ^{Talk to me} | ^{My contributions} 22:45, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I cannot find any reliable sources to show notability. - EdoDodo ^talk 10:36, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. On the subject of a walled garden, Tariq Kahn (doctor) is now also at AfD. andy (talk) 14:36, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I'm pretty sure this is the guy in which case he's notable. However the purpose of the article definitely seems to be to promote his non-notable relative Tariq Kahn (doctor) who is now also at AfD and is definitely not notable. andy (talk) 22:03, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:11, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:11, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Question: Is there a possibility that the lack of search hits reflects variant spellings of "Muhammad"? I am not saying this is the case, but variations should be checked, because even if this person is non-notable, I would think there should be some degree of online presence given his status. (Someone more knowledgeable than I about the subject-matter would be a better choice to do the checking.) Newyorkbrad (talk) 21:51, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See my note above. andy (talk) 22:03, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:POLITICIAN as a member of a provincial legislature, confirmed by these sources. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:39, 20 June 2010 (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.