Talk:List of Pakistanis/Archive 1

Archive 1

Riz Khan

Riz Khan is a Pakistani? Isn't he a Britisher of Pakistani ancestry?—iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 19:35, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)

He's a Yemeni and not even a Britisher or a Pakistani
Hola iFaqeer. From what seems to be a cached page of Riz Khan's CNN bio

Born in the British colony of Aden in the former South Yemen, Khan has lived in Britain since 1967 and is a British citizen. In addition to English, he speaks Urdu, Hindi and has a working knowledge of Punjabi, and other South Asian languages, along with French and Swedish.

Am guessing that entirely disqualifies him from any claims of being a Pakistani...*shrug* Hulleye 21:24, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

Journalists, Writers, ... Bloggers?

Shouldn't we move Writers and Journalists next to each other? It's a natural pair.

There should be a section for bloggers too!
And I am considering adding a section for Bloggers. Of course, we would have to have a criteria: like "Prominent Bloggers" or having a number of hits on your blog before you can be listed or something. I can envisage a situation where a person, wanting to learn more about Pakistan and how Pakistanis think and speak, comes looking for bloggers...—iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 22:03, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

Pointless article??

I really don't see the point of this article. What exactly is the criteria for inclusion in this listing? Why is this listing significant in any way to merit an article on Wikipedia?? "People who belong or relate in some way to this nation" is an extremely vague definition as it includes every single Pakistani that's ever existed. I highly recommend this page be moved for deletion. Hulleye 09:07, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

Freedom to edit may be misused
I agree there is potential for misuse but at present most of the people on it are prominent and this list is helping to identify such people. Yahya

Give the list a new title
The list should be retitled 'List of Prominent Pakistanis' ASM 09:08, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Who should be on this list

Recently every tom, dick, harry and their brother is appearing on this list. I think if we don't stick to only people who were previously famous (good or bad) and/or exceptional in any way (good or bad) then this list will become meaningless. Please avoid filling this list up with just anyone and everyone.

A good rule of thumb is; if the person is famous enough to be on this list he/she should already have a wikipedia article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yahya01 (talk • contribs)

Red links encourage people to write articles
I don't neccessarily think that is a good rule of thumb in this circumstance. Since this is the English Wikipedia, there is a higher probability that lesser notable people will not have an article here. There are plenty of notable people within Pakistan that don't have much exposure outside of the country, and will likely not have an article on here due to systematic bias. But I do agree, not just "anyone and everyone" should be allowed on the list. Also, red links on a list encourage people to write articles on the subject. Pepsidrinka 20:51, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

People listed may refer to stub article locations
I think that everyone that's worthy of this list ought also to be worthy of a Wikipedia article. Given that, why not say that the articles should come first (even if just a stub saying briefly why the person is significant), and the inclusion here afterwards? A stub is easy to write for anyone, and it gives some (vital) context as to who people are (and is the only way we can tell whether someone belongs here). This is already the policy with regard to people listed under their dates of birth or death.

To Pepsidrinka: I'd hope for the sake of Wikipedia that anyone who's notable within Pakistan ought to be able to get an article here, though I agree that it might (regrettably) need more attention to providing citations than, say, someone who's notable in the USA. Pseudomonas 20:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Hand it over to the boys at Google
If Google comes up with a significant amount of entries for that person then I think the person's name is noteworthy as those results could readily be transformed into immediate web citations. Arun Reginald (talk) 12:34, 18 April 2008 (UTC)