Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdulla Ahmed Nass


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The result was   no consensus. No prejudice against speedy renomination; however, editors should also feel free to try a bold redirect and see if it sticks. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 06:08, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Abdulla Ahmed Nass

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Fails WP:BIO. Seems to be a vanity article--there is already an article for his company, Nass Corporation B.S.C.. Most of the sources are self-published, e.g., company websites. The exception is that he was named one of the top 300 most influential Arabs by "Arabian Business," an award which does not seem to reach the level of WP:ANYBIO. A Google News archive search shows a bunch of articles in the Gulf Daily News that are mainly press releases about the company, with quotes attributed to his name. Logical Cowboy (talk) 04:20, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. The independent source mentioned says he is "one of the construction titans of the Gulf, not just Bahrain, and one of the region’s most respected business figures." That indicates notability, but the article should be merged pending better independent sources. – Fayenatic  L ondon 11:39, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Middle East-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 13:21, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 13:22, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Reply Hi, thanks for your comments. This feels more like a Delete and redirect to me.  My reasoning is that he does not have notability outside of his company.  Most of the material in this bio is not at all notable, e.g., he has a lot of children, he used to work in a local garage.  What would you copy over to the article about his company?  The reference you are highlighting does have some grand adjectives.  But it's just a blurb, and by ranking him 294, it's saying that 293 others are more notable.  Indeed, if you just focus on the Construction & Industry category, he is 57th on the list.  In other words, this list says that 56 other Arabs in construction and industry are more notable than him.  We also don't know if this is an independent source or who wrote the blurb.  It could be a Who's Who type publication.  Finally, it seems likely that the original author of the nominated article had a COI.  Logical Cowboy (talk) 16:36, 10 September 2012 (UTC)


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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 13:15, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

 
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BusterD (talk) 14:58, 21 September 2012 (UTC)


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