Talk:Rahat Hossain

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Contested deletion

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because it is about one of the most watched pranksters on the Internet. His creations have been featured on popular TV shows on several different occasions. If this should be deleted immediately, then I would suggest deleting pages about every other YouTube prankster on Wikipedia, such as Roman Atwood. This page is highly in need, as if you enter "MagicofRahat" on Google, you will find that the second suggestion is "MagicofRahat wiki." --Temple of the Mousy (talk) 14:17, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

@Psychedelia: As far as I can see the disputed edit fails WP:RS and WP:BIO which are policies. I can't find anything in WP:VIDEOREF that would justify its use as a source here either, aside from that even if that were the case WP:VIDEOREF would be overruled by WP:RS and WP:BIO as the former is merely a supplementary note and not a guideline or policy whereas the latter two are. So unless you can provide a convincing reason why that Youtube video would pass WP:RS and is not violating WP:BIO, I will delete that edit again.

Also note that I'm already the 2nd longterm editor, who deleted your edit and pointed out the issue with content and sourcing. If you don't trust my assessment feel free to enlist further assessment by other editors at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard. However do not simply revert future deletions without getting consent from the other involved editors.--Kmhkmh (talk) 19:57, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest that the section be parred back significantly, as it is contentious and poorly sourced. The Daily Mail is a generally prohibited source, and the whole article's sourcing in general is poor. The video objectively fails WP:SELFPUB, as it presents an exceptional claim, however it brings to light that we are making very positive claims about a BLP with flimsy sourcing, and that is also inappropriate. TheDragonFire (talk) 07:58, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The section thar is now marked with a template however is sourced with the Las Vegas Review and the NYDaily News rather Daily Mail, which is used in the section before that.

I don't have an issue with shortening the article a bit overall and there might be with the problem with the notability. However if we assume the person to be notable at all (as a youtuber and prankster), then there should be some description pf his "work" or rather of things that made him notable and from that perspective we can't really cull that much in those sections. One thing however that probably can improved improved is the sourcing, i.e. provide additional sources and in particular use that to replace the Daily Mail.--Kmhkmh (talk) 08:31, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

further sources

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/magic-of-rahat various pranks reported in the HuffPo
https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article125461960/Obdachloser-teilt-seinen-geschenkten-Lotto-Gewinn.html German newspaper on the lottery thing
https://nation.com.pk/18-Sep-2016/magic-of-rahat-works-again-in-coke-studio Interview in Pakistani newspaper
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/uta-signs-viner-lance-stewart-849578

Can someone upload the imgur screenshots to Wikimedia? (the parent company of wikipedia) for preservation?

https://imgur.com/a/ZkfIDh1 As everyone knows, imgur is a shady company, and they might delete it without notice. 2600:1006:B012:A207:3CFF:89BE:D6A8:CCB1 (talk) 01:06, 14 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]