Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ali Salehi (2nd nomination)


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The result was Speedy keep. Speedy keep. Nominated by a confirmed blocked sockpuppet with no other delete suggestions. (non-admin closure) Atlantic306 (talk) 01:15, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Ali Salehi
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Present coverage is not enough for GNG Citterz (talk) 10:51, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Citterz (talk) 10:51, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:34, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:34, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
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 * Comment - This one is a little rough, because I could find actual zero English-language coverage of this poet. (Confusingly, there's a different Persian poet named Ali Salehi published in an Australian press.) However, it seems GNG may be met by Persian-language coverage, e.g. this coverage in a cultural magazine. Lean delete, would love input from a person who knows Persian. Suriname0 (talk) 14:57, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment The article says "Seyyed Ali Salehi" which finds no Google hits. But change to "Seyed Ali Salehi" and sources begin appearing. It's the same person as seen in Google Image search there are multiple spellings of his name. -- Green  C  15:20, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep According to Michigan Quarterly Review "SAYYED ALI SALEHI (born 1955) is a famous Iranian poet and writer." According to ICORN  "Seyed Ali Salehi (Iran), one of the best-known Iranian poets; resident in Teheran." There is also a lengthy article on fawiki. Seems like enough evidence not to delete, until there is a better reason for deletion beyond the standard "fails GNG" sort of stuff as we now have two reliable English source asserting notability, and lots of Farsi sources in support, and probably many more English sources under the English-fied spelling of his name. The article itself needs copyediting. --  Green  C  15:20, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Added the Michigan Quarterly Review reference to the page. He seems to have won at least one significant award, which pushes him well into Notability territory. PianoDan (talk) 17:04, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep - Per the MQR source. I also added the passing ICORN reference, to help out any future improvers of the page. Suriname0 (talk) 19:46, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep Definitely a notable author. I also found a number of English citations to support notability. --SouthernNights (talk) 12:27, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep A notable author with significant wide coverage. Passes GNG and NAUTHOR. GooeyMitch (talk) 15:56, 12 April 2021 (UTC)


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