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. Not enough input for a clear outcome (and another relist would likely not improve this), nut there is certainly no consensus to delete. Michig ( talk) 08:20, 25 February 2018 (UTC) reply

DJ Rahat

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Non-notable DJ. Fails WP:MBIO and WP:GNG. Lack of significant coverage of reliable sources. — Za wl 13:45, 4 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce ( talk) 04:14, 6 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce ( talk) 04:14, 6 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions. Worldbruce ( talk) 04:14, 6 February 2018 (UTC) reply

• Keep I am not seeing any reason that notability which was established in the previous AFD has changed. Vinegarymass911 ( talk) 08:24, 11 February 2018 (UTC) reply

• @ Vinegarymass911: Notability wasn't established in the previous AfD and it was closed as "no consensus" with the only 'keep' coming from a user who failed to demonstrate why this article should be kept. They said "there could be some sources in Bengali", yet failed to present any. AfD is not a vote so please present some sources to back your keep. — Za wl 08:28, 11 February 2018 (UTC) reply

• And they also said the article can be improved yet 3 years later, here we are with the article still being the same with no improvement. — Za wl 08:32, 11 February 2018 (UTC) reply

More sources have been added by me. Please check them out. Vinegarymass911 ( talk) 17:14, 11 February 2018 (UTC) reply

• comment Vinegarymass911 has done a good job of cleaning out the cruft and adding sources. Nevertheless, I'm not sure what makes DJ Rahat stand out from other musicians. I'm inviting participants from the previous discussion as concerned editors, though they were lukewarm either way.

WP:MUSICBIO excludes certain sources, in recognition, I believe, that a certain degree of coverage is routine for musicians, and must be excluded in evaluating notability in order to avoid indiscriminate inclusion. The deepest source is [1], which takes a brief retrospective look at his career. @ Zawl: What's your evaluation of that source in particular?

Most other sources are brief mentions, release announcements, or typical album publicity. One would expect some post-release critical commentary about the albums, but there's deafening silence. @ Vinegarymass911: If you had to pick the two next-strongest sources, which would they be? -- Worldbruce ( talk) 07:28, 19 February 2018 (UTC) reply

I personally like the sources from Prothom Alo, link, and the BBC, link, which note that he was one of the first DJ in Bangladesh and that he opened a school which has trained notable DJs. None of the sources individually stand out but when viewed together show that he has received steady coverage from reliable sources for more than a decade. Vinegarymass911 ( talk) 18:01, 22 February 2018 (UTC) reply

• Keep The sourcing is considerably improved from when it was first nominated (and kept) and from when it was nominated a second time. The nom has retired from Wikipedia, so it doesn't look like they're going to comment on whether their objections have been satisfied. -- Worldbruce ( talk) 16:02, 23 February 2018 (UTC) reply

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