Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greatest Bengali Of All Time

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The result was keep. Sandstein 07:37, 3 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Greatest Bengali Of All Time

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Questionable as an encyclopedic article. The second source mentions "He said they had nothing to do with the survey except compiling the opinion sent through e-mail and post." An opinion poll conducted by a local branch of a British media outlet in an area that did not have much internet penetration in 2004. The first source says 12 out of 250 million people were listeners back then, with the number of people polled being questionable. This at best is POV of a subset in a larger group of people. Moreover, it's nowhere as notable or popular as Time 100 or Time Person of the Year. MT Train^Discuss 13:18, 20 January 2018 (UTC) MT Train^Discuss 13:18, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Discuss 13:19, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Discuss 13:19, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Just a single reference to a reliable source The Hindu. Fails WP:NOTESAL Hagennos (talk) 05:35, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment- The other source, The Daily Star, is also reliable. I have added more sources.Vinegarymass911 (talk) 13:43, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:01, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep In addition to The Hindu, The Daily Star, and BSS, academic Reese Jones wrote about the poll at length in a peer reviewed article in journal National Identities (a later version of his article became a chapter in a book published by academic press Routledge).

Any flaws in the poll, such as those put forward by the nom, should be discussed in the article if reliable sources cover them; they do not make the poll an inappropriate topic for an encyclopedia. It may not be "as notable" or popular as Time 100 or Time Person of the Year, but the poll meets WP:GNG. Not sure if the same can be said about some other members of Category:Greatest Nationals, such as Belg der Belgen or Velikite Balgari, both of which are unsourced, but both were nominated for deletion and kept.

If a radio countdown poll is considered a major work, the title should be italicized as Greatest Bengali of All Time. --Worldbruce (talk) 05:03, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Strongly Keep - Such list also exist about 100 greatest Americans/British persons of all time. It is a superb list. But the naming system is not correct, move it to 20 greatest Bengalis of all time মাখামাখি (talk) 12:20, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Greatest Bengali of All Time is the English name of the poll as derived from reliable sources. The title 20 greatest Bengalis of all time would be inappropriate because it is a non-neutral descriptive title that implies that the list is Wikipedia's opinion. See WP:TITLE. --Worldbruce (talk) 15:46, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Rationale for deletion seems very Americo-centric. (i.e. nowhere as notable or popular as Time 100 or Time Person of the Year.) So it's 2004 and the BBC covers a survey involving many Bangladeshis across the country and gives it coverage. I'd say it meets WP:GNG. Agree that a name change would be inappropriate at this time. Nick Moyes (talk) 01:06, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep the list has received significant coverage in RS to pass GNG.Vinegarymass911 (talk) 01:07, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- deleting the article while 100 Greatest Britons exists unmolested would be an example of systemic bias. In any case, not indiscriminate and all entries have articles. K.e.coffman (talk) 04:16, 3 February 2018 (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.