“Wikipedia refuses to delete page on Fatima Sheikh after Dilip Mandal said that she is a fictional character, the author-activist gives more evidence on his claims”, Opindia, January 10, 2025:

“Author and activist Dilip Mandal created a storm on Thursday by saying that Fatima Sheikh, known as India’s first Muslim school teacher who worked with Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule, never existed, he created the ‘fictional character’ for political agenda. He argued that there is no historical reference to Fatima Sheikh, her name is not mentioned in the extensive writings of Jyotiba Phule, Savitribai Phule and BR Ambedkar, and all references to her recent after he started writing about her.

After the revelations, the Wikipedia page on Fatima Sheikh was marked for deletion. However, the editors have now decided to retain it, despite mounting evidence, or rather lack of evidence, that a Muslim revolutionary teacher named Fatima Sheikh existed. After Dilip Mandal made the revelations on X, a Wikipedia editor added the Proposed deletion (PROD) tag to the page, along with a lengthy explanation on why the page should be deleted.

Notably, apart from PROD, there are multiple tags to mark a Wikipedia article for deletion, like articles for deletion (AfD) or files for discussion (FfD). PROD is used to suggest an article or file for uncontroversial deletion. Citing Dilip Mandal’s tweets, the editor said that this may lead to discrimination against Muslims in India, and that is why the article should be deleted……”

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