Talk:Pakistani English literature

Removed non notable name and material

Hello, some editor had added some information from some small local news sheet 'Pamir Times' about some new/unknown poet or writer Sahabuddin Hunzai; I dont know who this person is and to the best of my knowledge there is yet no notable Pakistani poet writing in English, by this name. 'Notability' must be strongly reflected and musnt be temporary or just 'local' i.e. restricted to maybe a small village or town or local community, it must be considerably well--established-- to be eligible for inclusion in this article. All the names/people here, have substantial contributions over the years. I would, thus, strongly urge and request editors to please refrain from adding here material that is non-notable and/or for personal benefit or the benefit of some friend or relative etc. If you wish to introduce a new writer/author and showcase his or her work, then this is NOT the correct forum. Maybe you can create a blog or a separate website for such a person's works? Or else, if you feel a subject is already quite noteworthy, then please create a separate Wikipedia article/page about him/her citing reliable and acceptable sources only. Many thanks. Khani100 (talk) 20:01, 26 September 2014 (UTC)Khani100

Hi, I have removed a name and link regarding some young aspiring poet Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti, who has published only one volume of poems so far and it seems that he or someone closely connected to him, have on this basis added his name to the list of 'notable contemporary writers' here in this article. Also, the sources cited and very minor local/regional papers and not necessarily of any acceptable international standing. I think that there are dozens of young writers who publish or self publish books, each year, and though some of them manage to get themselves favorably reviewed either on payment or via contacts, in some journals and small time papers, that does not necessarily make them prominent or 'notable' writers, or acceptable as such by Wikipedia standards. The ultimate tests, in this case, in my view, would be that a writer should have been published consistently over time, and apart from just newspaper reviews, also merited some amount of criticism in academic and literary journals of some note; or even have had theses and dissertations written about their body of work, over a fair number of years. I hope that this sort of criteria shall be please kept in mind whilst editing here. Regs, 39.54.180.158 (talk) 03:03, 23 November 2015 (UTC) Prof (r) Dr Hilda Khan, Pakistan

Expanding the article

I have added some poets and writers names and wish to expand this article please. I will edit this and also revamp the sections, if there is no objection or problem. MalikIftiH2 (talk) 11:39, 5 February 2020 (UTC)MalikIftiH2