Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chowk.com

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The result was keep. sources has been located Wily D 06:45, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Chowk.com

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Delete Unknown organisation and may be internet marketing activity to pull views against WP:ORGSIG has not also been covered in any secoundary source and is against WP:CORPDEPTH and is also marketing the articles inside there own page stating top articles at chowk.com is also a ballant advertisment as per Wikipedia:NPOV and also is a self published source and also against the basic WP:GNG guidlines of wiki Shrikanthv (talk) 08:22, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The article doesn't contain any independent reliable sources to verifiy notability as required by WP:GNG. Minor note, Shrikanthv: articles are basically never deleted for NPOV problems, as those can almost always be fixed by editing (the main exception being WP:POVFORK). Qwyrxian (talk) 10:51, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:05, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:05, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep This is a notable, and one of the oldest South Asian internet magazines that has featured articles by several notable people. I know for a fact that the well-known scientist Pervez Hoodbhoy has written columns for Chowk, back since 1997. And so has Bilal Musharraf, who is the son of former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf; see the following BBC article from October 1999: Bilal Musharraf's article 'He had no Choice!' has been published on www.chowk.com, an internet magazine which devotes itself to Pakistani affairs. These are some old and notable examples I know, there are many more notable people who have written at Chowk, which makes this blog/site satisfy notability in my opinion. Mar4d (talk) 18:23, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The claim that Pervez Hoodbhoy has written can only be validated by self published in their own website ! without any secoudary or other sources confirming this . Please read the BBC Article carefully it says that the website claimed that the article " may " have been written by the said person and is not definitive about it . (this also throws light on notablitity and truth about the website, as it is spreading false information with pretext of using notable names) BBC confirming this . Shrikanthv (talk) 07:41, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and fix the POV problems. Thee is enough evidence for significance. DGG ( talk ) 01:25, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Significant coverage: [1]. Other coverage = [2] + sources already in the article. Meets WP:GNG. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 06:35, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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