Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Askari, Lahore

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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 00:26, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Askari, Lahore

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This is a non-notable housing development, the article for which is only supported by a press release prepared by a real estate sales website that presumably listed it. Iskandar323 (talk) 07:11, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Products-related deletion discussions. Iskandar323 (talk) 07:11, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions. Iskandar323 (talk) 07:11, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no notability and written like an ad. samee converse 07:25, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:32, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep for the purpose of the AfD it is not what refs are in the article or how it is written that matters. The issues are surmountable - looks like there is a community there. WP:DEL-CONTENT. Lightburst (talk) 02:34, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The article is not even clear about what it is about, a housing development called 'Askari' or a company called the 'Askari Housing Society', which is obviously the organization pushing the real estate project. There is a lack of clarity on the basics, and questions can be raised about quality, long before one even gets to the question of sourcing, whether provided here or available online. Iskandar323 (talk) 06:16, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 11:19, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as per User:Lightburst; there's clearly a community there, and communities of that sort of size are reckoned to be notable. But the article desperately needs attention to remove promotional material; perhaps reduce to near-stub status and hope someone can find some useful references rather than endless estate agents trying to sell houses in it (which is all I can find, unless you count one Subway sandwich outlet). Elemimele (talk) 12:10, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment The only problem with creating a stub is that there is no reliably sourced information at all. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:16, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 18:27, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

From sources such as this we can see that this is a housing development owned by an arm of the Pakistani military, which seems to involve itself in many areas of life outside defence. I don't have access to a university library this academic year (I hope to resolve that by next year) but someone who does may be able to find some notability-showing sources by performing searches such as this. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:21, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Hoping to see a more thorough analysis of the sources provided in the article and in this discussion to determine notability.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —⁠ScottyWong⁠— 03:00, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delete - There is currently a single source in this article, from what appears to be a promotional page on a Pakistani real estate listing website touting the high standard of living and good security within this housing development. Askari is obviously not a city or a town, and it's difficult to tell if it is even a legitimate neighborhood in Lahore. It appears to simply be a gated community in a large city. The WP article is highly promotional in nature. The single source in the article clearly does not establish notability per WP:GNG, and neither do any other sources that were brought up within this discussion. There is absolutely no way that this small residential community within a large city is notable per WP's standards, based on the available sources. —⁠ScottyWong⁠— 03:12, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no notability and haven't added any reliable source the article even written like an advertisement. Wikisuper945 Talk Here 01:20, 12 November 2021 (IST)
Delete - Fails WP:GEOLAND #1 as there is no evidence of legal recognition of the location. Fails WP:GNG as well due to lack of significant coverage in reliable sources. FOARP (talk) 20:15, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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