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The result was delete.  Sandstein  16:08, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Islamic Research Foundation[edit]

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No evidence of notability - I see a press release, an interview with Naik, but a search turned up nothing that discussed it in any depth. I tried to redirect but was reverted. Dougweller (talk) 18:26, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

no Disagree I don't agree with it. From the past 15 years to till now, IRF has successfully organized more than 500 Islamic confererences as well as with The Oxford Union in 2011. At present, it is one of the top three Islam preaching organizations ranked by middle east in the world. Hence, undoughtedly it has the required notablity to remain in the Wikipedia encyclopedia. Sharif uddin (talk) 18:52, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Sharif uddin: The subject does not have significant coverage in reliable source it is only based on self-published sources. CutestPenguinHangout 17:45, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:35, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete no indication of significance. --Mdann52talk to me! 17:54, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
no Disagree The reliable sources are given below:

[1] [2] [3] [4]

  1. ^ "From YRF to IRF: Murcyleen strives for women's dignity". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 08-09-2014. ((cite web)): Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ "Yash Chopra bollywood to Zakir Naik hijab: such a short journey". The Indian Express. Retrieved 08-09-2014. ((cite web)): Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "One peace fits all". The Indian Express. Retrieved 08-09-2014. ((cite web)): Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ "A 10 days Islamic International Peace Conference Organised by IRF". YouTube. Retrieved 08-09-2014. ((cite web)): Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

I have added them in the article. Sharif uddin (talk) 21:37, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Sharif uddin: See WP:IRS None of your above mentioned links are reliable source except the IndianExpress and greaterkashmir (I am sure about greaterkashmir), which again lacks significant coverage. Generally self published sources such as social networking references, youtube, and personal website is not considered to be reliable sources. CutestPenguinHangout 12:33, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

CutestPenguin, there are some more recent leading newspaper's links here. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

  1. ^ Rajindar Sachar (1–15 September 2014). "First all-women conf. in the Valley". The Milli Gazette. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  2. ^ "Zakir Naik's wife to address a seminar at KU on Aug 1o". Kashmir Observer. August 07, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-10. ((cite news)): Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Dr Zakir Naik layak digelar Ahmad Deedat 2". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 10-09-2014. ((cite web)): Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  4. ^ Tanvir Usman (August 30, 2014). "Orators are not made, they are born". The Gulf Today. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  5. ^ Khurram Rasool (1–15 September 2014). "From Bollywood to Islam: A romantic film director's death takes Kashmir's Murcyleen to 'enlightenment' The 23-year-old woman is now an Islamic orator with Zakir Naik's IRF". kashmir reader. Retrieved 2014-09-10.

I have also added them in the article. Sharif uddin (talk) 15:13, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 03:58, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
If by 'disagree' you mean "Keep", which I presume you do, you can only say this once. What we normally do is 'comment' - eg *Comment and then what we want to say. Dougweller (talk) 08:22, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ "Dr Zakir Naik to donate Dh1m award money". Khaleej Times. september, 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-17. ((cite news)): Check date values in: |date= (help)

It is mentioned in the link above that, "The Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) founded by Dr Zakir Naik runs popular schools and supports the development of the Peace TV network. More than 500 employees work for the research foundation. His future plans include opening a new school in Dubai by 2015 with an expected capacity for 2,500 students."(see 18th section of the article) I think, this is a better discussion about the foundation. I am adding it now in the article. Sharif uddin (talk) 05:01, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Dougweller and Cutest Penguin and fails WP:ORG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 13:26, 20 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails notability Atsme☯Consult 17:56, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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