Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ahmed El Esseily (2nd nomination)


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The result was No consensus, which defaults to Keep. The article needs better sourcing though, could someone kindly add them and remove my tag? Keeper  |   76   |   Disclaimer  20:07, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Ahmed El Esseily
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Completing second nomination per request left on my talk page; no !vote from me yet. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 22:17, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Journalist whos only claim to fame is that he has been on TV/radio, no sources, no refs, just a link to his personal blog. Fails notability guidelines per WP:N & WP:BIO. -- Ļıßζېấשּׂ~ۘ  Ώƒ ﻚĢęخ (talk) 22:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete-per original nomination.-- T r U C o 9 31 1 22:21, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as nn. Article as is fails WP:BLP. Sting au  Buzz Me...   23:13, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Egypt-related deletion discussions.   cab (talk) 00:08, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * comment. I've just dropped a couple of friendly notices to editors with an Advanced Arabic userbox who were active within the past couple of days. Not commenting on the nomination: for all I can tell this might be the Egyptian equivalent of Jon Stewart, but it might equally be a hoax or self-promotion. A name in Arabic script would at least enable a google search/translation, but without even that ... --Paularblaster (talk) 23:24, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep here's also an English profile published of him in an Egyptian newspaper under the spelling Ahmad El-Esseily: . Searching in Arabic also gives a few hundred more GHits: . cab (talk) 11:28, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep per Cab. He may not exactly be the Egyptian Jon Stewart, but he is certainly notable. — Zerida 22:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * keep in light of the information and sources provided. --Paularblaster (talk) 19:04, 2 February 2008 (UTC)


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