Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Obaid Azam Azmi

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.

Poet of questionable notability - the claim in the article about being the "fourth greatest" ghazal poet is unattributed. Unable to find any reliable information beyond a name and photo despite numerous searches. Compare 35 unique GHits for the name[1] with the thousands of hits for any other name in Category:Urdu poets, or in Ghazal#Important Poets of Urdu Ghazal. Possible case of self-promotion, judging by edit histories inserting the name into other WP articles. ~Matticus ^U_C 09:30, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added the following articles to this AfD as they are largely identical:

~Matticus ^U_C 10:57, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete all, unless sources that aren't his own website are provided to verify the information. I also notice this user created another article on the same subject (Obaid azam azmi) which should probably be included in this AfD. shoeofdeath (talk) 03:26, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It turns out that these articles are part of a spamming campaign to promote the subject and some associated sites, see WT:WPSPAM#Indian poetry spam. Obaid azam azmi and Azmi should also be deleted because they share the same subject. MER-C 12:29, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added them both to this AfD; the content is largely identical. ~Matticus ^U_C 10:57, 29 November 2007 (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.