Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Syed Abu Bakar B Taha Alsagoff

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.

The result was no consensus. Two deletes (including nom) and three keeps, hardly consensus

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• Delete. This seems like a tribute article for a long-since-passed-on person who has no notability outside of being what seems to be a damned good educator. Unfortunately, being damned good doesn't always mean
  notable. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 23:29, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:03, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. I have moved the article to
  Phil Bridger (talk) 21:03, 1 July 2009 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Keep that he is long dead doesn't make him the less notable, just makes it harder to find refs. This needs some expert attention. And with the right name, I immediately found a ref in GScholar. Beyond this, it will probably take print. DGG (talk) 02:38, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- I see DGG found a good reference. I'll take a look for some myself later. Geo Swan (talk) 13:58, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, (X! · talk)  · @277  ·  05:39, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep seems like a clear keep per refs in article and DGG's. Obviously an arabic or malay speaker will be needed to improve it. 21:12, 10 July 2009 (UTC)Bigdaddy1981 (talk) 21:13, 10 July 2009 (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.