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The result was no consensus. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:30, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wasbir Hussain

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I denied a speedy, but I have serious doubts about this person's notability. There's a few references that could help in establishing some notability for the subject, but it's a bit iffy--I don't consider this reliable, for instance). Drmies (talk) 16:51, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

One of my biggest concerns was that it was so promotional and non-encyclopedic in tone, it'd need to be re-written from scratch to really weed through what's a true claim to notability and what's puffery. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 16:56, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I know. I'm playing nice today. Drmies (talk) 17:16, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete—I think that he _should_ be notable enough, and in fact I started to rewrite the article in a more neutral tone. But I ran across trouble finding sources... He's a prolific journalist, so his name shows up on bylines all over the place. Even using paid research services like Questia only showed up one citation by another author of his work. In short, there's a lot by him, and not much about him. If someone can find reliable sources (specifically ones that aren't self published), I'd be happy to work on expanding this article, but for now, it's got to be a delete. Livit⇑^Eh?/_What? 17:17, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:51, 5 September 2013 (UTC) Note: Please consider reading WP:INDAFD which includes some points about WikiProject India AFDs. Those may or may not be applicable here. Tito☸Dutta 00:56, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep per WP:AUTHOR #3, multiple reviews in reliable sources. The Hindu (x2), Hindustan Times, Indo-Asian News Service (x2), Oneindia.in, Assam Tribune (x2), FriedEye, Assam Times (x2). About 11 give or take, not all of them are traditional reviews but India has a different culture book reviewing it is not as common (see "Books" @ WP:INDAFD) thus this many notices is more significant than other countries. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 19:38, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 01:50, 13 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 16:21, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Green Cardamom. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 22:23, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep there are plenty articles authored by Hussain which serve a a source on Wikipedia. I believe that readers are entitled to know what wikipedia's article's sources are (like mr. Hussain). Jeff5102 (talk) 10:38, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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