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	Akhtar Hameed Khan has been listed as one of the Social sciences and society good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Article milestones Date Process Result December 14, 2006 Peer review Reviewed February 15, 2007 Good article nominee Listed March 12, 2008 Good article reassessment Delisted
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Comilla Model, Revisited

Why would an editor whitewash this article, and distort NPOV, by removing evidence of the fact that the cooperatives formed by Khan under the Comilla project failed? Khan acknowledges this failure openly in his own writing, and it is very evidently the case on the ground in Bangladesh today. This fact is no embarrassment to Khan; he was fine practitioner in spite of it, and the legacy of learning from the Comilla movement is a lesson in agricultural microfinance for the world as a whole and the cooperative movement in particular. But to describe the cooperatives as 'successful' as was done by the same editor, is simply inaccurate. It is also an affront to the reputation of successful cooperative movements around the globe. If the editor would like to know more, please refer to the article Comilla Model.Brett epic (talk) 06:54, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

GA

Not enough references, too many external links. —Disavian (/_contribs) 22:38, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

It's looking good now :) —Disavian (/_contribs) 20:16, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Facts About the Comilla Model

Akhter Hameed Khan wrote (with much public angst) much in the 1970s about problems with the Comilla Model, which was unravelling in front of his eyes and eventually collapsed altogether. This article has suggested that the Model was a great success in microfinance. I have made some corrections in fact, inserting some of Khan's quotations (and the quotations of other observers) related to this matter and the true significance of the Comilla Model.

The Comilla Model, and Dr. Khan's contributions by pioneering it, were significant, but mainly for the negative reason that its failure turned microfinance practitioners in Bangladesh (including Dr. Yunus) off the cooperative model and towards a much more centralized microcredit delivery structure for 30 years. Dr. Khan was a fine leader and the vision behind Comilla has not died, but this should not obscure the facts. Hopefully these correction will help take this article another step towards 'FA'. Brett epic 04:00, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

One of the reasons this article lost GA is that over the time many insertions were made without any care to the section contexts or MoS. NPOV is welcome, but your recent insert copies half of preceding para plus cit. Pls see if you can improve it, while I rework the article. --IslesCape 11:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

There is nothing here I wish to improve. It is not a recent insertion; it was written last year and summarizes the results of major revisions to Comilla Model I researched and wrote last summer. The passage vanished a couple of days ago; you gave no indication of why you removed it. Since it is important, factually accurate and essential to the balance of the article -- and probably too to the prospects of this becoming GA again and even FA later -- I have reinserted it.Brett epic (talk) 10:26, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Sort key? (and name?)

I shortened "Akhtar Hameed Khan" to "Khan" throughout the article, except (of course) in the lead sentence and in publications about Khan. This had already been done to some extent by other editors; I just made it consistent throughout the article. So the puzzle: why is the sort key, for categories in the article, this:

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akhtar, Hameed}}

rather than this:

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Akhtar Hameed}}?

-- John Broughton (♫♫) 15:47, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Automatic addition of "class=GA"

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GA delisted

Half of the article is lacking in sources while the there are also MOS violations, ndashes are needed for year ranges, and the article has a lot of grammar problems with definite articles missing where needed and present when not needed. Book refs need to filled out fully. Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 07:22, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

GA review

• the article lacks citation. please add in line citation to-
  • His particular contribution was the establishment of a comprehensive project for rural development, Comilla Model (1959) that earned him Magsaysay Award from Philippines and honorary Doctorate of Law from Michigan State University.
  • In 1973, he went to Michigan State University as a Visiting Professor to remain there until 1979. During this time, he carried on advising Rural Development Academy at Bogra in northern Bangladesh, and Pakistan Academy for Rural Development, Peshawar. He also extensively travelled during this period in the capacities of speaker, advisor, or consultant on rural development programmes across the world.
  • Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan (COSS) in collaboration with National Rural Support Programme (NRSP) and other institutions, awards an annual cash reward in the memory of Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan.
• Expand the sections on Urban development initiatives and Awards and honours or simply merge it another section or lead.
• Rather i will suggest keep the awards section but give a brief description on what basis of qualification he received these awards. Also give the date of receiving the awards.
• Death and legacy section needs cleanup. either remove the subsections and simply divide them into sects by giving ;
• In Publications section give a brief start up.
• you have only a week time to address these issues else i will fail it. thanks, Sushant gupta (talk) 13:13, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Done. --IslesCape 14:30, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

GA pass

the article is factual, well cited, neutral and follows WP:MoS. i will gladly pass it. Keep it up. Congrats! Sushant gupta (talk) 15:04, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

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