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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Lourdes 16:35, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Arif Nizami[edit]

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fails to meet GNG. Saqib (talk) 12:50, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 12:58, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 12:58, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 12:58, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Meets WP:JOURNALIST notability; contributing to the article will be more appropriate than deleting. --Kazmi ¹¹²² 11:35, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep -- Actually, contrary to nom's unsupported assertion that subject "fails to meet GNG," this guy meets the GNG quite easily. For instance, he's discussed in monographs on South Asian journalism here and here, he's all over the news, as this GNews search demonstrates. 192.160.216.52 (talk) 14:41, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, the subject has has not received significant coverage in reliable independent sources as you claim. Link me one profile or bio on him and I will withdraw my nom. I was only able to find name checking which is not enough and one cannot call it "significant coverage". I have removed 3 unreliable sources which cannot be cited on a BLP. --Saqib (talk) 16:55, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Arif Nizami is very famous journalist and columnist from Pakistan. He was associated for very long time with The Nation (Pakistan) and Nawa-i-Waqt. In both news papers, he is owner and was editor.--Spasage (talk) 14:54, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Meets WP:JOURNALIST notability; contributing to the article will be more appropriate than deleting. --Kazmi ¹¹²² 11:31, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'll go with Spasage once the issues I've mentioned on his talk page are resolved. Amirk94391 (talk) 15:08, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You need to provide rational why this BLP should be kept. This is not a vote. --Saqib (talk) 16:55, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:GNG. But for goodness sake Spasage, posting on the talk pages of 27 people Arif Nizami, Azhar Abbas (journalist) are up for deletion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Azhar Abbas (journalist) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arif Nizami. Can you please help in improving these articles and defect deletion attempt. is pushing the bounds of WP:CANVASS. Prince of Thieves (talk) 15:17, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, and because of the canvassing, this nom has now arguments without arguments. --Saqib (talk) 16:59, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep passes WP:GNG, WP:JOURNALIST. samee ^talk 16:24, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Arif Nizami's lengthy career as a journalist (over 30 years) and his contributions at 3 major Pakistani publications Nawa-i-Waqt newspaper, The Nation (Pakistan) newspaper and now at Pakistan Today newspaper clearly show his notability as a journalist. In addition, he regularly appears as a political affairs commentator on many different TV channels of Pakistn. Based on his reputation as a seasoned Pakistani journalist, his comments and viewpoint are sought by even major international newspapers like The New York Times. I expanded his stub article with all these references today - 2 independent major Pakistani newspapers Dawn (newspaper), The Express Tribune plus The New York Times and ARY Digital TV Network. Ngrewal1 (talk) 21:22, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I've looked through the references and added a friendly search suggestion template. What is required is expansion, otherwise tag it as a stub, don't delete it on the grounds of WP:GNG--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 01:28, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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