Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mosharraf Zaidi

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. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:16, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mosharraf Zaidi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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No quality source discusses him. Being columnist is not enough. Fails WP:GNG. Störm (talk) 12:59, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Per WP:GNG and WP:PROF and WP:ANYBIO. DanielQ8 (talk) 17:12, 2 June 2018 (UTC) struck per WP:SOCK power~enwiki (π, ν) 18:32, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. I am not able to find substantive coverage of this individual in independent reliable sources (author biographies in publications that he writes for do not count, as they aren't independent). That said, he is widely quoted as a columnist: in The Guardian, The Express Tribune, Guardian again, NPR, The New York Times, NPR again, and Dawn. These indicate that he has a reasonable profile within his field, and I cannot argue to delete here. Vanamonde (talk) 18:09, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 07:34, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 07:34, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 07:34, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep I am convinced he is definitely a well-known Pakistani journalist. I looked at and reviewed all the above 'solid' 7 links listed by Vanamonde above (my thanks to him for good research). They all mention the journalist Mosharraf Zaidi in their articles. That should be enough to establish his notability. Ngrewal1 (talk) 18:38, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

He's not actually a journalist. --Saqib (talk) 19:00, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep While the coverage noted by Vanamonde above are not enough to establish WP:N because none of them discusses the Zaidi directly and in detail, as require by GNG. And I agree with the nom that no quality source discusses the subject in-depth and being columnist is not enough. However I think the subject still passes our WP:N because in 2014, he was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader as per this RS which I believe is some prestigious award or honor so having said that the subject passes criteria # 1 of WP:ANYBIO. --Saqib (talk) 19:00, 3 June 2018 (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.