Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ali Abdolrezaei


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The result was keep. Davewild (talk) 16:07, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Ali Abdolrezaei

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This is probably a good case of WP:TNT as it would need a compete rewrite and several links are simply poetry links and no significant notable and in-depth coverage. My multiple searches (News, Books, browser, highbeam and thefreelibrary) only found this and this. Obviously, coverage about him, if any, is probably going to be non-English and offline but I can't see why that should keep the article. SwisterTwister  talk  05:01, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep: I think you've answered your own question, in two ways. Firstly, you have found reliable sources which go far towards establishing notability in English, the first of which indeed states explicitly that Abdolrezaei is "one of Iran's most influential poets". Secondly, if a person is notable in one country, not necessarily English-speaking, not necessarily online, then they are notable. You are surely correct that Iranian poets are likely to be written about mainly in Persian: you do not appear, per WP:BEFORE, to have asked any Persian speakers. We should certainly do that now before taking any under-researched action. Meanwhile, I'll add some references to the article. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:42, 25 May 2015 (UTC)


 * The search "abdolrezaei ali" -blog -forum -facebook seems to be finding many more results, by the way. I have made use of some of the new sources to strengthen the article; I have also tidied up the format, removed a possible copyvio, rewritten the poetry section and updated the old URLs. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:11, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 19:47, 28 May 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 18:29, 4 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete: fails WP:N, WP:GNG. Quis separabit?  21:41, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep -- It is not easy for me to judge the merits of a non-English language poet, but the fact that he had 7 volumes published before leaving Iran and more since and that his work is getting translated inot German and Turkish suggests to me that he is notable. Peterkingiron (talk) 17:27, 6 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep Sources cited in the article establish notability. I would like to see the article improved (e.g. why was he exiled?), and someone fluent in Arabic could probably locate a number of non-English sources to do that. However, WP:GNG is met by the existing sources. ~  ONUnicorn (Talk&#124;Contribs) problem solving 18:11, 8 June 2015 (UTC)


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