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The result was delete. Stifle (talk) 22:09, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hameed Shahid

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This is an autobiography of an author of Urdu literature. Articles about the author's works (again, written by the subject) have previously been discussed at AfD and deleted, primarily because they were presented as spam. In this case this is not so much of an issue (especially as it has been copyedited by several authors) but there are still two primary issues with the article: firstly it is in clear violation of WP:AB (and the author's WP:COI is clear from his edit history) and the second is the failure to determine WP:N (and WP:V) - the only online references I can find are either self-published or mirrors of the Wikipedia article. This appears to be self-publicity and regrettably I believe the article should be deleted and only recreated if notability is established and it is done by a neutral editor. Ros0709 (talk) 20:33, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per nom. Author appears to not be notable as per WP:CREATIVE; he does have a list of awards, but the notability and standards for those awards are unknown. RayAYang (talk) 12:05, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The author of this autobio has at several occasions removed "autobio" and "COI" tags from the article. He seems to be unfamiliar with most Wikipedia guidelines and policies. He has also created other articles (some since deleted), which were purportedly about other Urdu authors but carried his own photo and mostly talked about himself anyway... I have been working on and off on this article (mainly cleaning up and such), but as I don't know anything about Urdu literature, there was not much more that I could do and I don't feel competent to vote in this AfD, so this is just for information. --Crusio (talk) 12:50, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 14:23, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. —Captain-tucker (talk) 14:33, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, --Falcon Darkstar Kirtaran (talk) 19:15, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per nom. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DeGawl (talk • contribs) 23:54, 5 September 2008 (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.