Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdullah al-Qasemi


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The result was   keep. v/r - TP 01:58, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Abdullah al-Qasemi

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Information unverifiable. Unable to establish notability. Bongo  matic  06:52, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
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Comment: This article previously existed under the spelling between November 2006 and January 2010. Gabbe (talk) 13:59, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Further comment: The sole reliable source I can find is Jürgen Wasella's 1997 German-language book Vom Fundamentalisten zum Atheisten: die Dissidentenkarriere des ʻAbdallāh al-Qaṣīmī, 1907-1996 published by Perthes Verlag (ISBN 3623004049). Gabbe (talk) 12:52, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep: This fella is notable, he has published many books and many discuss him. Check out sources in Arabic Google books, 186 results. Google news 52 articles. Will add some inline citations to the article later. Maybe his surname is rather "al-Qusaimi"?, I can find 3 results in English when using this spelling, this gets further complicated as "Abdullah" is also written as "Abdallah" and "Abdellah". --Tachfin (talk) 02:04, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Happy to defer to your judgment but before I withdraw the nomination could you please give a description of the sources about him (rather than his books)? The English language references you provided don't go towards establishing notability. Bongo  matic  04:11, 3 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 4 October 2011 (UTC)




 * Delete fails WP:GNG. Stuartyeates (talk) 02:46, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep but mark as needing better referencing. The links below seem strongish and the arabic wikipedia page seems substantial with a long history and many edits from many editors. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:19, 17 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Wifione  Message 19:05, 11 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Here's a list of books that discuss the subject in detail (from the Gbooks results I've given above):
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Similarly, in Gnews results I gave above there are many articles discussing the subject including from reputable Arabic media (Asharq Al-Awsat, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Al Ra'i). Subject was known for being a Saudi Wahabi cleric who became an anti-religion atheist in his 50s. English sources are hard to find in this case. Tachfin (talk) 21:32, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Is there significant coverage or multiple passing mention? Bongo  matic  01:36, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
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