Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Muhammed Zafar Iqbal bibliography

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The result was keep. No consensus to merge, but there is definitely a strong sense that this list should be kept.....somewhere. That's what talkpages are for, closing this as Keep. Keeper | 76 19:29, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal bibliography

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Here's a possibly complete bibliography of an author who may well be notable, but has very few sources to verify even that. The bibliography is wholly unverified and with the patents (?!?) appears to be more promotional than anything. There are some guidelines for this type of article at Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies; a quick look at WP:NOTESAL already suggests this is not notable, since there is no evidence that the man's work as a whole has been discussed in a reliable source. Drmies (talk) 04:39, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I think it will be better if we re-wright the whole article and represent it as a non-promotional article. I've searched over internet but don't get any reliable reference according to wiki policy. No source describe his all works in a page, but each book of his contain his list of books. He is very popular writer in Bangladesh. I am requesting it's writer to provide few reference. If we merge this article with Muhammed Zafar Iqbal article, that will occupy the whole space. So it is better to wait for reference.--FreemesM ^(talk) 12:24, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bibliographies-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:04, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, on balance, unless the author article is deleted, purely because it's such a long list that it works better as an article on its own.Deb (talk) 11:53, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I was requested to User:Md.altaf.rahman to add few references. He responded and add few references on main article.--FreemesM ^(talk) 12:44, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into Muhammed Zafar Iqbal --Revolución talk 08:56, 7 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. He does seem to be important in Bangla science fiction and his work is discussed as a whole:

"The coming of age of Bangla science fiction can almost solely be attributed to Ahmed and Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, his brother", Gupta, Encyclopaedia Of India Pakistan & Bangladesh.
"There is no debate about the fact that Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is the author who contributed the most in carving out a prestigious niche for this genre of literature", Aziz, The Daily Star

Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies is cited as a deletion reason, but it does not seek to limit the size of author bibliographies, just the opposite seems to be implied. I would argue that WP:NOTESAL in fact provides a keep rationale. Merge is not appropriate as the list is much too long which probably is what prompted its creation in the first place. Spinning Spark 14:49, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, and clean up; the latter article is short enough to absorb the bibliography, but needs to be better sourced. The number of articles existing on a topic does not reinforce notability. Miniapolis 14:18, 11 April 2013 (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.