Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Muhammad Nurul Karim

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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. ✗plicit 11:16, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad Nurul Karim

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Non-notable academic. The cited sources are two brief mentions in lists, and two of his books. Searches of the usual types found no significant coverage in independent sources. The author argues that Karim "authored a number of books", and being principal (1967-1969) of Government Teachers' Training College, Rajshahi satisfies WP:PROF criterion #6.

As of 1963, there were five TTCs in East Pakistan, with an average enrollment of about 120 students each.[1] As near as I can tell, at that time they offered 1-year Bachelor of Education and 1-year Master of Education degrees. Criterion #6 says "major academic institution". The community has never defined precisely what counts as "major", but I don't believe they meant a small, non-notable institution that has no special significance or particular reputation.

The article contains considerably more detail than is present in the sources, which suggests it was written by someone with personal knowledge, perhaps a relative. I can understand why someone might want to memorialize a loved one, but that is not what Wikipedia is for. Worldbruce (talk) 05:01, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce (talk) 05:01, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce (talk) 05:01, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce (talk) 05:01, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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