Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abu Yusuf Al-Turki


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The result was Keep. (non-admin closure) czar ♔   19:13, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Abu Yusuf Al-Turki

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person lacks major significance David O. Johnson (talk) 22:06, 29 September 2014 (UTC) The person lacks major significance ; I think that the primary reason this article was created was because CNN indicated he was the leader of the Al-Nusra Front, a claim which other sources have since contradicted.David O. Johnson (talk) 02:29, 30 September 2014 (UTC) Changing my vote to keep; It seems as though he is a member of the Khorasan Group, making him pretty significant. David O. Johnson (talk) 19:26, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey, David, are you withdrawing your nomination then?  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 00:18, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's correct; I don't know what the formal process is, though. David O. Johnson (talk) 00:39, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll ping Why should I have a User Name? as the only outstanding delete opinion to see if it changes his view on things. If so, this can be closed as withdrawn. Just give him time to respond.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 04:46, 3 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - we can't have an article for every member of a terror organization. --Why should I have a User Name? (talk) 22:26, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Terrorism-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  22:56, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep The person is definitely notable. He's not a mere soldier or some lower-ranked terrorist. He's a leader of a notable Islamic extremist group. A simple google search yields 10,000s of results. FYI, be sure to try different spellings of his name, such as Abu Yousuf Al-Turki or Abu Yousef Al-Turki. That'll bring out even more results. Étienne Dolet (talk) 23:39, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - There's more than enough sources that say he was a leader. But besides that, he's still notable and that's what's important. Étienne Dolet (talk) 07:18, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - I can find it now but there was some suggestion at some stage that the "deck of cards" terrorists were all notable enough (at the time) for inclusion. Is this guy at that level?  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 01:44, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment He seems to have been notable enough to have been deliberately targeted. Notability might also be derived from his significance in training other snipers. Are snipers particularly important here? But it is still just a rather weak keep, I think. Although the other articles exist/don't exist argument is not a valid one, I'd be curious if similar articles do exist, such as for known bomb makers. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 02:20, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, more of an WP:OUTCOMES argument than an WP:OTHERSTUFF one.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 04:32, 2 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep - This guy is definitely notable enough to have an article describing him. Sure it may have a lot of problems, but articles issues can and are resolved over time. LightandDark2000 (talk) 07:26, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
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