Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Principal Saif-ud-din

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The result was delete. Guerillero | My Talk 05:38, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Principal Saif-ud-din

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Subject appears to be a remarkable but unfortunately not notable school principal. The article relies 100% on wiki-based sources which cannot be considered reliable even for a deceased person. Salimfadhley (talk) 13:19, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Agree that I should have not published the article while I am still completing it and in the process linking to valid references. The subject was also not a school principal as you have commented but a professor! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wamiq.bashir (talk • contribs) 08:12, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 03:46, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Inadequate sourcing. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:49, 31 December 2013 (UTC).[reply]
Keep Highest administrative officer of a significant college. There's enough here to get started with. 'DGG (at NYPL)' (talk) 18:45, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 06:36, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Xxanthippe. There does not seem to be enough here or elsewhere. Three of the cited references don't refer to Professor Saif-ud-din. The book Tareekh-e-Aqwam-e-Kashmir (1934) briefly mentions his uncle. The most substantive reference is the last one about the reinstatement of the short-lived annual football tournament in his name. The event which was started in early 80’s in memory of Professor Saif-ud-din who was associated with the institute as student, professor and then administrator. There is just not any substantive coverage, nor is it clear exactly where his notability lies, except locally at the college. I have not seen a copy of the book Kashmir Stray Thoughts (2013) which is a collection of essays about the recent political history of Jammu and Kashmir, but substantive coverage of Professor Saif-ud-din is unlikely, as he was not a political figure. Research is complicated by the fact that Saif-ud-din is not an uncommon name. I found more than I wanted to known about Sultan Saif-ud-din of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty of Bengal. The college history of Sri Pratap College mentions him in one sentence: And Administrator Like Prof. M. U. Moore, Prof. Vinamali Chakarvati, Prof. Jia Lal Kaul And Prof. Saif-Ud- Din Have Served The College And Contributed To The Level That The Hundreds Of The College Alumni Rose To Eminence In Different Fields Of Human Activity In The State, By Occupying Important Positions. There is no significant coverage. --Bejnar (talk) 22:09, 7 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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