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Can you share more details about the book, e.g. publisher and ISBN? (Current citation says publisher is Darul Uloom Deoband, which would fail
WP:IS) Coverage in monthly journal of Darul Uloom Deoband can not be considered for notability as the
WP:SIGCOV needs to be in
WP:RS AND
WP:IS. — Ad MelioraTalk∕
Contribs14:06, 20 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Ad Meliora, Dear friend, I've added another reference and did a bit cleanup. I added a bit more information from that source, and that's a known work in not just Indian masses, but outside as well, commonly known as Nuzhat al-Khawātir. I would consider this significant, and independent as well, besides being reliable. Asīr Adrawi's book adds more to this, and rest remains the issue of
Syed Mehboob Rizwi's book. Islamic books in India and Pakistan are published by a number of book publishers, mostly without ISBN, and if you search so, you won't get any, some exceptional cases, and time being Muslim bookstores and publishers have developed, so now a part of books come with ISBN.
Syed Mehboob Rizwi, the author of Tārikh Dārul Uloom Deoband, adds a bit more (in providing information), if we do not consider it something like IS, but is still is not as much "primary". 44 years later from the subjects death, a detailed article appears in the monthly journal of Darul Uloom Deoband, I wouldn't regard it as "non-independent" source, though there is just a little connection, i.e Jaunpuri graduated from this seminary.. He had no other association with this seminary. Anyways, all the sources added altogether, let the subject pass notability, and I guess there would be more, but it will take time to find out. Also, there is something we call
Systemic bias. ─
The Aafī (talk)
16:32, 20 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The Aafī Thanks for your work. In order to save the article, it would be helpful to add the other
WP:RS/
WP:IS with
WP:SIGCOV you can find. With respect to the essay
Systemic bias, there's no denying that it exists and some WP policies may be caught in its trap, but that's not something we can address at this point, in this discussion. There may be a systematic bias in media coverage (or lack thereof) of local homosexual heroes in Pakistani or Ugandan press. Unfortunately, unless there is such coverage, those people will not get a WP article. — Ad MelioraTalk∕
Contribs17:08, 20 October 2020 (UTC)reply
To answer your question with regard to WP:SIGCOV, the first book I mentioned dedicated an entire page to the subject. I personally wouldn't consider this a passing mention. Kind regards,
AnupamTalk15:45, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep Tried but had difficulty finding newspaper and print coverage for someone that died in 1935. There are already enough book references at the article (8 of them).
Ngrewal1 (
talk)
20:32, 20 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Ngrewal1 Actually the references cited so far make only passing mention of about a sentence. That's not
WP:SIGCOV. With respect, the subject has had no significant coverage in books/academia in the 85 years since his passing, as far as the evidence available. And clearly the subject did not receive significant coverage in local news media while he was alive. So the notability claim seems to be on thin ice, IMO — Ad MelioraTalk∕
Contribs13:11, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Mumbaigold, That's more of being a stubborn. When notability is demonstrated by Arabic book by Abul Hai Hasani who was a rector of
Nadwatul Ulama, and a known scholar, the significant posts like, "Head Teacher of
Aliah University, added with the other sources of information, doesn't just become a wide significant coverage but adds to more of the notability of subject. The subject is also teacher of known scholars, some of them having an article and some not, and no source honestly is "non-independent" as I commented above. Majid Ali Jaunpuri is notable even without the coverage in the two sources, the monthly journal of Deobandi l seminary and Rizwi's book. Get up above from the systematic bias thing. ─
The Aafī (talk)
06:13, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
You again missed the main point, a subject meeting the GNG criteria is enough to be notable (because the subject and his works are widely cited, maybe you can try a bit searching Google), I just pointed out to two facts about the subject. Anyways, it is not necessary that a notable person need to have a Wikipedia article so that something from their books may be referenced. Articles about them may be created anytime when someone having interest in editing such topics gets time, to add an article about them. Besides this known figure in Islamic scholarship, and Urdu language literature, I've found another few sources, and would be updating the article soon with more details. Requesting you again not to miss my point and I won't be making any more comments here. Enough explanation has been offered. Thank you!─
The Aafī (talk)
14:56, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
As
Anupam said above, it is sadly with most of the notable scholars of South Asia who aren't covered by non-native sources despite being notable. Adrawi's book even if not with significant details, adds more to the notability when combined with other sources available. Saying again, there would be another offline sources, and there are, but it isn't a work of two minutes to get such books in one's hands. Also, you didn't performed a BEFORE. A subject that lived century ago, would've coverage online, and that too when religious bias and sectarianism is at peak in Subcontinent? I've improved the article to extent that confirms the notability, and still finding more. You may try as well? ─
The Aafī (talk)
06:19, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The Aafī I don't think it is productive to litigate the bias of WP policy here. The issue is not merely "online" sources. The issue is
WP:SIGCOV in
WP:RS/
WP:IS. The sources cited in the article as of right now are ALL from Darul Uloom Deoband, and don't pass
WP:IS. Even if they did, there isn't
WP:SIGCOV in the sources cited - every single citation refers to a passing mention of a sentence or so. — Ad MelioraTalk∕
Contribs13:11, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Ad Meliora, How come is the book of Abdul Hai Hasani connected with Deoband? He had not even a long relationship with this seminary. Nadwatul Ulama is completely different institution, and so is Hasani's Arabic book completely different, and has significant details. Asīr Adrawi's book doesn't have significant details, but it is reliable and independent, and thus partially adds more to notability. For your last comment, it has no base. A most part of the page looks like a passing mention to you. Strange! ─
The Aafī (talk)
13:21, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The Aafī There are 6 citations right now (see reference section), 5 published by Dar al-Ulum Deoband AND do not offer significant coverage. Hasani's book is best described as self-published... Adrawi's book is not among citations, but as you say, it doesn't add any non-trivial detail anyway, so adding it wouldn't help. English-language Wikipedia is not a good place for every minor regional figure. — Ad MelioraTalk∕
Contribs14:16, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Ad Meliora, You are again wrong in saying that 5 are published by Darul Uloom Deoband. Adrawi's book is cited at two places, and a book of an Indian scholar published in
Beirut, is self published? wow. There are just two sources that are published by Darul Uloom Deoband, Rizwi's book, and the monthly journal. As I said, a scholar having served a top position during his career, and having notable students, with significant coverage in some, but not very much sources, is enough to be included on the Wikipedia. ─
The Aafī (talk)
14:25, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete the sourcing is quite poor - it's mostly links to other Wikipedia articles, and Deoband seems to be a site promoting religious faith-based essays, but doesn't appear to be something that will be a reliable source for neutral journalism. I did a
WP:BEFORE Google search and can't find other coverage under his name or for Muhaddith Manwi. Everything seems to be from Wikipedia or mirrors of the article. The sourcing fails both
WP:GNG and
WP:NSCHOLAR. The lack of an sourced birth date for a 20th century death is also a notability flag.
TimTempleton(talk)(cont)18:11, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Comment - I did notice that this nomination is the nominator's first contribution to Wikipedia - odd for a newcomer. His only other contribution was the deletion nomination of another scholar's article.
TimTempleton(talk)(cont)18:18, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Comment I also saw a comment by
Bearcat which reads as follows "Discussions about scholars or academics which fall under WP:PROF are actually trickier than usual to assess — PROF allows for the conferral of notability on standards quite different from the depth of coverage about the person, such as how widely cited they are in other works by their peers or followers. So I actually try not to weigh in on PROF discussions very much, to be honest, because in that field a person can attain notability without technically having any of the kind of in-depth sources I would look for in an article about a writer or an actor or a musician or a film director. It's not that your standards are necessarily wrong in principle — for most articles about people, we do require sources that analyze or write about the person in more depth — but when it comes to academics in particular, that kind of sourcing isn't always available at all so the notability standards are designed to assess the impact of their work rather than the presence or absence of biographical literature." So I may be wrong, but I'd like to see some information that clears this up. I've done a lot of AfDs and this one wouldn't be a keep for me.
TimTempleton(talk)(cont)19:00, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Timtempleton, I'm sorry dear friend, but this statement Everything seems to be from Wikipedia or mirrors of the article. is definitely wrong. I would be happy if you point out to one source of the article which is a mirror article of it or anything similar. The books and journals published two decades ago having significant details, aren't any mirrors to the Wikipedia article. Also, it is hard to find any coverage in English language. Thank you! ─
The Aafī (talk)
18:40, 23 October 2020 (UTC)reply
@
TheAafi: I’m referring to the search results in Google when I look him up by name, not the sources listed in the article, none of which are accessible to me anyway. Please provide a link to a single source demonstrating notability, and I will review. We usually require multiple sources anyway. Otherwise there’s no way to differentiate this from a hoax, although I trust it’s not.
TimTempleton(talk)(cont)14:45, 24 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Comment, Thank you
Anupam for the source you provided above, I have added it in the article. There seems to be significant detail in the K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Lāʼibreri jarnal, a journal of
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library, which I couldn't get a full preview on Google Books, but whatever I could get from there, I added the citation in the article. This added with the source you provided, and Abdul Hai Hasani's book, are enough to be regarded as significant coverage and I'm searching for more. ─
The Aafī (talk)
18:32, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep per significant coverage in Abdul Hai Hasani's book Nuzhat al-Khawātir, Yusuf Marashli's book Nathr al-jawāhir wa-al-durar fī 'ulamā' al-qarn al-rābi' ' ashar, wa-bi-dhaylihi 'Iqd al-jawhar fī 'ulamā' al-rub' al- awwal min al-qarn al-khāmis 'ashar and in the journals of
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library. —
Hammad(Talk!)07:35, 22 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep, I'm convinced by the sources added by
TheAafi in the article right after this AfD was initiated. The sources are fine to establish notability of this scholar. The subject also held a top seat (then, maybe today we would not give it a weight depending on the academic system of our time, but the time subject lived in, this is a good sign) in the then Madrasa Alia, now
Aliah University. —
The Chunky urf Al Kashmiri(Speak🗣️ or Write✍️)16:52, 24 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep, the added sources clearly establish the notability of the subject. Also legitimate concerns of not doing
WP:BEFORE by the nominator has been raised. Also a note that the nominator is a new user with the only contributions being nominating 2 AfDs, the other being
WP:Articles for deletion/Syed Mehboob Rizwi, which is also clearly a notable subject.
Roller26 (
talk)
13:53, 26 October 2020 (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.
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.
Can you share more details about the book, e.g. publisher and ISBN? (Current citation says publisher is Darul Uloom Deoband, which would fail
WP:IS) Coverage in monthly journal of Darul Uloom Deoband can not be considered for notability as the
WP:SIGCOV needs to be in
WP:RS AND
WP:IS. — Ad MelioraTalk∕
Contribs14:06, 20 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Ad Meliora, Dear friend, I've added another reference and did a bit cleanup. I added a bit more information from that source, and that's a known work in not just Indian masses, but outside as well, commonly known as Nuzhat al-Khawātir. I would consider this significant, and independent as well, besides being reliable. Asīr Adrawi's book adds more to this, and rest remains the issue of
Syed Mehboob Rizwi's book. Islamic books in India and Pakistan are published by a number of book publishers, mostly without ISBN, and if you search so, you won't get any, some exceptional cases, and time being Muslim bookstores and publishers have developed, so now a part of books come with ISBN.
Syed Mehboob Rizwi, the author of Tārikh Dārul Uloom Deoband, adds a bit more (in providing information), if we do not consider it something like IS, but is still is not as much "primary". 44 years later from the subjects death, a detailed article appears in the monthly journal of Darul Uloom Deoband, I wouldn't regard it as "non-independent" source, though there is just a little connection, i.e Jaunpuri graduated from this seminary.. He had no other association with this seminary. Anyways, all the sources added altogether, let the subject pass notability, and I guess there would be more, but it will take time to find out. Also, there is something we call
Systemic bias. ─
The Aafī (talk)
16:32, 20 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The Aafī Thanks for your work. In order to save the article, it would be helpful to add the other
WP:RS/
WP:IS with
WP:SIGCOV you can find. With respect to the essay
Systemic bias, there's no denying that it exists and some WP policies may be caught in its trap, but that's not something we can address at this point, in this discussion. There may be a systematic bias in media coverage (or lack thereof) of local homosexual heroes in Pakistani or Ugandan press. Unfortunately, unless there is such coverage, those people will not get a WP article. — Ad MelioraTalk∕
Contribs17:08, 20 October 2020 (UTC)reply
To answer your question with regard to WP:SIGCOV, the first book I mentioned dedicated an entire page to the subject. I personally wouldn't consider this a passing mention. Kind regards,
AnupamTalk15:45, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep Tried but had difficulty finding newspaper and print coverage for someone that died in 1935. There are already enough book references at the article (8 of them).
Ngrewal1 (
talk)
20:32, 20 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Ngrewal1 Actually the references cited so far make only passing mention of about a sentence. That's not
WP:SIGCOV. With respect, the subject has had no significant coverage in books/academia in the 85 years since his passing, as far as the evidence available. And clearly the subject did not receive significant coverage in local news media while he was alive. So the notability claim seems to be on thin ice, IMO — Ad MelioraTalk∕
Contribs13:11, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Mumbaigold, That's more of being a stubborn. When notability is demonstrated by Arabic book by Abul Hai Hasani who was a rector of
Nadwatul Ulama, and a known scholar, the significant posts like, "Head Teacher of
Aliah University, added with the other sources of information, doesn't just become a wide significant coverage but adds to more of the notability of subject. The subject is also teacher of known scholars, some of them having an article and some not, and no source honestly is "non-independent" as I commented above. Majid Ali Jaunpuri is notable even without the coverage in the two sources, the monthly journal of Deobandi l seminary and Rizwi's book. Get up above from the systematic bias thing. ─
The Aafī (talk)
06:13, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
You again missed the main point, a subject meeting the GNG criteria is enough to be notable (because the subject and his works are widely cited, maybe you can try a bit searching Google), I just pointed out to two facts about the subject. Anyways, it is not necessary that a notable person need to have a Wikipedia article so that something from their books may be referenced. Articles about them may be created anytime when someone having interest in editing such topics gets time, to add an article about them. Besides this known figure in Islamic scholarship, and Urdu language literature, I've found another few sources, and would be updating the article soon with more details. Requesting you again not to miss my point and I won't be making any more comments here. Enough explanation has been offered. Thank you!─
The Aafī (talk)
14:56, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
As
Anupam said above, it is sadly with most of the notable scholars of South Asia who aren't covered by non-native sources despite being notable. Adrawi's book even if not with significant details, adds more to the notability when combined with other sources available. Saying again, there would be another offline sources, and there are, but it isn't a work of two minutes to get such books in one's hands. Also, you didn't performed a BEFORE. A subject that lived century ago, would've coverage online, and that too when religious bias and sectarianism is at peak in Subcontinent? I've improved the article to extent that confirms the notability, and still finding more. You may try as well? ─
The Aafī (talk)
06:19, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The Aafī I don't think it is productive to litigate the bias of WP policy here. The issue is not merely "online" sources. The issue is
WP:SIGCOV in
WP:RS/
WP:IS. The sources cited in the article as of right now are ALL from Darul Uloom Deoband, and don't pass
WP:IS. Even if they did, there isn't
WP:SIGCOV in the sources cited - every single citation refers to a passing mention of a sentence or so. — Ad MelioraTalk∕
Contribs13:11, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Ad Meliora, How come is the book of Abdul Hai Hasani connected with Deoband? He had not even a long relationship with this seminary. Nadwatul Ulama is completely different institution, and so is Hasani's Arabic book completely different, and has significant details. Asīr Adrawi's book doesn't have significant details, but it is reliable and independent, and thus partially adds more to notability. For your last comment, it has no base. A most part of the page looks like a passing mention to you. Strange! ─
The Aafī (talk)
13:21, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
The Aafī There are 6 citations right now (see reference section), 5 published by Dar al-Ulum Deoband AND do not offer significant coverage. Hasani's book is best described as self-published... Adrawi's book is not among citations, but as you say, it doesn't add any non-trivial detail anyway, so adding it wouldn't help. English-language Wikipedia is not a good place for every minor regional figure. — Ad MelioraTalk∕
Contribs14:16, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Ad Meliora, You are again wrong in saying that 5 are published by Darul Uloom Deoband. Adrawi's book is cited at two places, and a book of an Indian scholar published in
Beirut, is self published? wow. There are just two sources that are published by Darul Uloom Deoband, Rizwi's book, and the monthly journal. As I said, a scholar having served a top position during his career, and having notable students, with significant coverage in some, but not very much sources, is enough to be included on the Wikipedia. ─
The Aafī (talk)
14:25, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete the sourcing is quite poor - it's mostly links to other Wikipedia articles, and Deoband seems to be a site promoting religious faith-based essays, but doesn't appear to be something that will be a reliable source for neutral journalism. I did a
WP:BEFORE Google search and can't find other coverage under his name or for Muhaddith Manwi. Everything seems to be from Wikipedia or mirrors of the article. The sourcing fails both
WP:GNG and
WP:NSCHOLAR. The lack of an sourced birth date for a 20th century death is also a notability flag.
TimTempleton(talk)(cont)18:11, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Comment - I did notice that this nomination is the nominator's first contribution to Wikipedia - odd for a newcomer. His only other contribution was the deletion nomination of another scholar's article.
TimTempleton(talk)(cont)18:18, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Comment I also saw a comment by
Bearcat which reads as follows "Discussions about scholars or academics which fall under WP:PROF are actually trickier than usual to assess — PROF allows for the conferral of notability on standards quite different from the depth of coverage about the person, such as how widely cited they are in other works by their peers or followers. So I actually try not to weigh in on PROF discussions very much, to be honest, because in that field a person can attain notability without technically having any of the kind of in-depth sources I would look for in an article about a writer or an actor or a musician or a film director. It's not that your standards are necessarily wrong in principle — for most articles about people, we do require sources that analyze or write about the person in more depth — but when it comes to academics in particular, that kind of sourcing isn't always available at all so the notability standards are designed to assess the impact of their work rather than the presence or absence of biographical literature." So I may be wrong, but I'd like to see some information that clears this up. I've done a lot of AfDs and this one wouldn't be a keep for me.
TimTempleton(talk)(cont)19:00, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Timtempleton, I'm sorry dear friend, but this statement Everything seems to be from Wikipedia or mirrors of the article. is definitely wrong. I would be happy if you point out to one source of the article which is a mirror article of it or anything similar. The books and journals published two decades ago having significant details, aren't any mirrors to the Wikipedia article. Also, it is hard to find any coverage in English language. Thank you! ─
The Aafī (talk)
18:40, 23 October 2020 (UTC)reply
@
TheAafi: I’m referring to the search results in Google when I look him up by name, not the sources listed in the article, none of which are accessible to me anyway. Please provide a link to a single source demonstrating notability, and I will review. We usually require multiple sources anyway. Otherwise there’s no way to differentiate this from a hoax, although I trust it’s not.
TimTempleton(talk)(cont)14:45, 24 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Comment, Thank you
Anupam for the source you provided above, I have added it in the article. There seems to be significant detail in the K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Lāʼibreri jarnal, a journal of
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library, which I couldn't get a full preview on Google Books, but whatever I could get from there, I added the citation in the article. This added with the source you provided, and Abdul Hai Hasani's book, are enough to be regarded as significant coverage and I'm searching for more. ─
The Aafī (talk)
18:32, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep per significant coverage in Abdul Hai Hasani's book Nuzhat al-Khawātir, Yusuf Marashli's book Nathr al-jawāhir wa-al-durar fī 'ulamā' al-qarn al-rābi' ' ashar, wa-bi-dhaylihi 'Iqd al-jawhar fī 'ulamā' al-rub' al- awwal min al-qarn al-khāmis 'ashar and in the journals of
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library. —
Hammad(Talk!)07:35, 22 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep, I'm convinced by the sources added by
TheAafi in the article right after this AfD was initiated. The sources are fine to establish notability of this scholar. The subject also held a top seat (then, maybe today we would not give it a weight depending on the academic system of our time, but the time subject lived in, this is a good sign) in the then Madrasa Alia, now
Aliah University. —
The Chunky urf Al Kashmiri(Speak🗣️ or Write✍️)16:52, 24 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep, the added sources clearly establish the notability of the subject. Also legitimate concerns of not doing
WP:BEFORE by the nominator has been raised. Also a note that the nominator is a new user with the only contributions being nominating 2 AfDs, the other being
WP:Articles for deletion/Syed Mehboob Rizwi, which is also clearly a notable subject.
Roller26 (
talk)
13:53, 26 October 2020 (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.