Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/M Aminul Islam

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) Kingsmasher678 (talk) 18:02, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The subject does not have multiple SIGCOV coverages from reliable secondary sources, hence failing to meet WP:GNG. Additionally, the subject is not an elected member, thus failing to meet WP:NPOL. According to sources, he is a “Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser” who will handle the “Education Ministry” until the Bangladeshi interim government ends. Technically, they have the powers of State Ministers, as source also confirm that they will receive the salary, allowances, and benefits of a State Minister. Therefore, I doubt notability, so taking it to AfD. GrabUp - Talk 15:05, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. GrabUp - Talk 15:07, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - basically the same page was moved to draftspace on 11 November (Draft:M Aminul Islam) and it should be incubated there so that issues about notability etc. can be ironed out. SunloungerFrog (talk) 15:10, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per David Eppstein and this. Delete per nom/Comment: Recently created unsourced BLPs don't necessarily require an AfD nomination. Draftification may be a more constructive approach to address the issue. TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 15:26, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  @TheBirdsShedTears: Draftification is not an option when challenged. AfD is the only option when draftification is challenged. Read WP:DRAFTNO. This article was recently draftified by Josh. If I could have draftify it, then why would I not draftify it? GrabUp - Talk 15:30, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  I didn't notice it until reading the comments from SunloungerFrog and you. TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 15:34, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 17:34, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. The article gives no clue what kind of academic M. Aminul Islam might be, and the only Google Scholar profile I found [1] looks like a mishmash of articles by other people, not all with the same name. A regular minister of a national government would pass WP:NPOL but I don't think a special assistant to an interim government does. So the article, in the state it was nominated in, does not make a convincing claim for notability. But with that as background, the sources clarify that he is a physicist from the University of Rajshahi and former vice chancellor (that is, head) of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. Here's a source for that, with dates: [2]. I think that should be enough for WP:PROF#C6. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:35, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Keep: I agree that the Vice-Chancellor of a university is notable. Withdrawing the nomination. Thanks. GrabUp - Talk 19:47, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• @SunloungerFrog and TheBirdsShedTears: Do you agree that as a former vice chancellor he is notable as an academic administrator, or do you wish to maintain your recommendation to delete? --Worldbruce (talk) 15:39, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  @Worldbruce:, thanks to David Eppstein for carefully reviewing the sources. I changed to "keep". TheBirdsShedTears (talk) 16:30, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - very happy now to keep, on the basis of the current state of the article. It is perhaps a pity that the creating editor did not do all of this in draft space when the article was first draftified on 11 November, to save the shenanigans of AfD. SunloungerFrog (talk) 16:33, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per David Eppstein passes WP:PROF#C6.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 17:05, 30 November 2024 (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.