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Zulkarnain Saer Khan

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The individual Zulkarnain Saer Khan partook in the orchestration of a dossier denominated All the Prime Minister's Men. Consequent to the helping of this dossier, he was the recipient of a commendation entitled the Global Shining Light Awards. The Global Shining Light Awards is bereft of eminence or substantial prestige in any capacity. The mere attainment of the Global Shining Light Awards does not fullfill the criteria of notability (person), as the dossier All the Prime Minister's Men itself fails to consummately fulfill the stringent prerequisites of notability.

Furthermore, the article is an absolute dearth of elucidation absent his academic credentials. Additionally, the article harbors superfluous and extraneous verbiage, including allusions to assailments perpetrated against his brother. Hydronex (talk) 20:21, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Journalism, and Bangladesh. Shellwood (talk) 20:26, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television, Politics, and United Kingdom. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:28, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2025 February 4. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 20:32, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Just checked all the references and they seem above board. Meets point 3 of WP:NJOURNALIST, played a major role in creating a well known work (All the Prime Minister's Men). His career has also received WP:SIGCOV. Orange sticker (talk) 11:42, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Point three of Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Creative_professionals states:

"The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews."

But no other work by the individual in the article can be found apart from All the Prime Minister's Men, and All the Prime Minister's Men is neither a significant nor a well-known work. This means the individual does not fulfill point three of Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Creative_professionals. Hydronex (talk) 17:42, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: All the Prime Minister's Men is definitely a well-known work. It got wide coverage in Bangladeshi and some international media apart from Al Jazeera Media.[1][2][3][4][5] [6] Al Jazeera also won the top prize for "Best Human Rights Journalism" (investigation category) in the 8th annual Amnesty Media award for 'All the Prime Minister's Men'.[7] Niasoh ❯❯❯ Wanna chat? 09:17, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Notable investigative journalist in Bangladesh. Niasoh ❯❯❯ Wanna chat? 08:54, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Notable journalist in Bangladesh. He is widely recognized for impactful investigative work with Al Jazeera and OCCRP. His contributions, media coverage, and awards meet Wikipedia’s notability criteria WP:NJOURNALIST.

— Cerium4B —Talk? • 11:18, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

— Note: An editor has expressed a concern that Cerium4B (talk • contribs) has been canvassed to this discussion. (diff) Koshuri ^(グ) 13:55, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Koshuri Sultan, He hasn’t asked for any support in his favour. He has just asked me to take a look. Maybe because this article is related to Bangladesh. [8] — Cerium4B —Talk? • 14:10, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: It is the responsibility of those who vote keep to provide a solid argument. Nothing can be gained from canvassed or paid votes. The article is highly promotional and lacks neutral tone. It overemphasizes achievements while downplaying controversies, making it more like a PR piece than an encyclopedic entry. The subject fails WP:NBLP, as most coverage comes from sympathetic or affiliated sources rather than independent, in-depth analysis. NXcrypto Message 04:34, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you Hrksmp for removing your Keep. NXcrypto Message 14:42, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen× ☎ 00:45, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Meets notability guidelines. Multiple, reliable sources in the article. ConstantPlancks (talk) 07:37, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: A source review would be helpful. But, at the least, this should be a redirect to All the Prime Minister's Men which I'm surprised editors arguing for Delete didn't mention.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:26, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

redirect to All the Prime Minister's Men as his most notable work.Vinegarymass911 (talk) 22:07, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source assessment table prepared by User:Worldbruce
Source	Independent?	Reliable?	Significant coverage?	Count source toward GNG?
DBC News				✔ Yes
Facebook		~ Okay for nickname, maybe for alma mater		✘ No
The Business Standard	Interview			✘ No
Prothom Alo			Two sentences	✘ No
Committee to Project Journalists	~ Much of it sourced from him			~ Partial
Sequel by same group ...			One sentence	✘ No
Global Investigative Journalism Network			Brief mention in list	✘ No
Police press charges ...			Brief mention	✘ No
Bangladesh investigative journalist’s ...				✔ Yes
UN expert, ...				✔ Yes
Ex-AL minister ...			Brief paraphrase	✘ No
How a Bangladesh minister ...			Doesn't mention him	✘ No
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}.

Redirect to All the Prime Minister's Men: Redirect seems like the best option right now. There are some sources that make SIGCOV, but not enough to warrant a standalone article. — Benison (Beni · talk) 06:22, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 07:52, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I agree that he meets WP:NJOURNALIST #3. As well as All the Prime Minister's Men, per the Business Standard article already cited in the article, he has contributed significantly to a report about Aynaghar, a secret internment centre - this is currently mentioned in this article only in the lede (it's what he won the Global Shining Light Award for), and a report alleging corrupt activity by another politician close to the former Bangladeshi PM (this is referred to in this article, 'Journalists in Bangladeshi diaspora say govt targets them through transnational repression', not currently cited as a source). This Benar News article also describes unevidenced allegations and slurs that have been made against him in an effort to discredit him, which is not yet mentioned in this article. Re the nominator's reference to "superfluous and extraneous verbiage", (1) this would be a matter of improving the article, not deleting it; (2) the attack on his brother was directly related to his journalistic work, and is described as such in the sources. (I'd note too that the spelling of his name on IMDB is Zulkarnayn Sayer Khan, and there may be other variants, which could make finding sources challenging). RebeccaGreen (talk) 11:40, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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