Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Afshin Moghaddam


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The result was Nomination withdrawn for Afshin Moghaddam and Delete the remaining three. Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 22:21, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Afshin Moghaddam

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These do not seem to exist. No non-Wikipedia results in English, and machine-translation of the few Persian sources in the articles does not corroborate any of the information supposedly contained therein. None of the Persian-language sources even mentions "Afshin Moghaddam" nor the alleged Persian translation of his name at any point. If deleted, add to List of hoaxes on Wikipedia as this has been around since 2014. While Afshin Moghaddam does seem to exist, the Parviz_Maghsadi_band and the two songs listed underneath do not seem to actually exist, per ' analysis that all three are the work of a serial hoaxer who's been banned from both English and Farsi Wikipedias. The sources cited, upon machine translation, do not even mention the supposed content and are patently hoaxes. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 22:55, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 22:55, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 22:55, 26 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep. Famous Iranian singer, mostly known for his hit single called "Zemestoon". Has significant coverage in Persian: . Hanooz (talk) 00:00, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment The age of the subject might be an issue with trying to find online sources. The two provided do not appear to be RSes. If there are additional sources, please ping me with them. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:38, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per User:Hanooz. فرهنگ2016 (talk) 20:00, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete the latter three; undecided as yet on the first., , and others, note that there are four articles bundled in this AfD. The latter three articles were all created by and are essentially the sole work of , a WP:SNEAKY cross-wiki hoaxer who also dabbled in sockpuppetry and has been indefinitely blocked in the Farsi and English Wikipedias. Read all about it in this ANI thread. Those latter three articles are thus completely untrustworthy. The first article, Afshin Moghaddam, is a different situation, as Amirhosein Izadi has had relatively little involvement in it. I have removed his additions which promoted his created articles which are likely hoaxes. I am neutral on the existence of the Afshin Moghaddam article for now since I haven't investigated if he meets WP:GNG. Crossroads -talk- 06:11, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep singer apart from Winter (Afshin Moghadam song) which has no article, can't see evidence for songs. 17:06, 28 February 2020 (UTC) In ictu oculi (talk) 13:20, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment I have taken Afshin Moghaddam off this AFD, but my rationale stands for the other three after ' evidence. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 18:49, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete the remaining three as failing WP:V as likely hoaxes, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 00:45, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 *  Keep and improve, he meets notability as he has significant coverage in his homeland as well as neighboring countries. Alex-h (talk) 15:24, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * The AFD is no longer about Afshin Moghaddam but rather about the three related articles which appear to be hoaxes. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 19:05, 1 March 2020 (UTC)


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