Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdullah Qadri Al Ahdal


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The result was   delete. People are unconvinced he meets WP:PROF. The political post mentioned by DGG is not mentioned in the article and thus difficult to take into account (would that be an all-Palestinian elected body or a "parliament" of Hamas the organization?)  Sandstein   05:39, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Abdullah Qadri Al Ahdal

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WP:BLP1E. Coverage of this person is limited to one recent event. Policy is clear: Where a person is mentioned by name in a Wikipedia article about a larger subject, but essentially remains a low-profile individual, we should generally avoid having an article on them.

His other claim to notability is that he is the head of the Islamic Law departement at al-Medina University, but there is no indication that he passes WP:PROF. Atmoz (talk) 19:53, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Question Wouldn't that fulfill requirement #6 of WP:PROF? Drawn Some (talk) 20:12, 8 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Passes WP:PROF in that The person has made substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity and The person has held a major highest-level ...appointed academic post at an academic institution Þjóðólfr (talk) 20:13, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. "Highest-level" in this context means president or provost of the university, not just a department head as he seems to be. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:26, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails on academic grounds - --Saynara (talk) 02:27, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * delete - non notable, only claim to fame is being on a list William M. Connolley (talk) 22:17, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - notable as per WP:PROF and doubly so in the context of the travel ban Andrewjlockley (talk) 00:43, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - per WP:PROF, see User:Þjóðólfr's comment above. Oren0 (talk) 02:24, 9 May 2009 (UTC) Delete. Doesn't actually meet WP:PROF as I had thought. Oren0 (talk) 02:34, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —David Eppstein (talk) 03:25, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Notable as WP:PROF (chairman of a dept.) and as a politician. The Hamas parliament counts. The legitimacy of the government is not at issue. additional notability from the recent news event. What the article needs is expansion.DGG (talk) 05:51, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Fails on academic grounds. May be notable on political grounds. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:06, 9 May 2009 (UTC).
 * Delete Fails WP:PROF. Department chair is not the "highest-level elected or appointed academic post at an academic institution" per criterion 6. That would be president of the university (or chancellor, or whatever the particular uni calls it). His only other claim to notability is being listed on the list which is insufficient per policy as quoted by the nom. Short Brigade Harvester Boris (talk) 22:26, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - The department chair and WP:BIAS had me leaning toward keep. However, the lack of any sourced accomplishments beyond being the department chair is a big problem.  Symplectic Map (talk) 15:18, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.