Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ali Khedery


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 20:32, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Ali Khedery

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Not notable enough. Minor foreign adviser whose name was mentioned among thousands others in WikiLeaks.--  K a t h o v o  talk 13:01, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. Photo caption: "Ali Khedery standing behind George W Bush, with Nouri al Malaki"... op-ed piece in the NY Times... and WashPo too... significant mentions in multiple books...  clearly had a lot of power.  Wikileaks was a small part of his notability.  Article in Foreign Policy... --Elvey(t•c) 21:43, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Standing behind Bush in a photograph is not a criterion for notability.
 * He clearly fails WP:AUTHOR, co-eding aryicles is obviously not a valid reason to establish notability as a notable author. He also fails WP:POLITICIAN for that matter.
 * Mention 1st is a brief description in one sentence among a long list of minor advisers, 2nd is somewhat a lengthy personal description, author also describes many others, hundreds of names are found in the index. 3rd Khedery is acknowledged for proofreading parts of the book.
 * Wikileaks are basically email correspondences, you can find tens of thousands of names in database, nothing special here.--  K a t h o v o  talk 06:48, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep Meets WP:GNG, numerous reliable news sources demonstrate notability. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 01:44, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't see that he receives significant media coverage.--  K a t h o v o  talk 10:24, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
 * That's because you have to make a small effort, like checking Google News. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 11:08, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
 * No this is not media coverage of him. He is a media commentator, his articles and their mirrors results in X hits when googling his name. You will find also thousands of commentators and journalists whose name also appear quite often in news search results, this is simply no criteria for an entry in Wikipedia unless they accomplished something of note.--  K a t h o v o  talk 11:45, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 00:53, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

--Elvey(t•c) 16:45, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) In that photo, of that event, it's evidence of notability. He's the guy who made it happen.
 * 2) What straw man arguments you make! It doesn't matter that he doesn't meet WP:COMPOSER or WP:PORNSTAR, either. FS, he's not a "creative professional".  Wrong category.  Meets WP:GNG. Numerous reliable news sources WHERE HE IS TEH SUBJECT demonstrate notability.
 * 3) Mischaracterizing him as a mere a "media commentator" is like describing Barack Obama as a mere "community organizer". FS!  Then, at the citation you mischaracterize as being merely that he proofread, he is credited for his efforts as a diplomat to build democracy in Baghdad.
 * 4) Played a major role in Iraq's political history, among other things, as a kingmaker (of Nouri Al-Maliki). This classified cable was addressed specifically to him by name.  Probably because it was largely about Maliki.

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Special Report: How Exxon helped make Iraqi Kurdistan Reuters, What Went Wrong in Iraq: the Khedery Version Iraq Business News, Man who ‘discovered’ Maliki explains what went wrong CNN, Iran's Military Mastermind Is 'The Leader Of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, And Yemen' Business Insider. These are 4 reliable sources with articles about Khedery. He clearly meets WP:GNG. Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 20:26, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 03:47, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep per Ism Schism above; these are good sources that seem to establish notability. Not a fan of the inflated "Literary References" section though, that could do with a slimming.-- Elmidae (talk) 10:07, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep per Ism schism. Steel1943  (talk) 13:00, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
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