Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amir Bastani


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 22:18, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Amir Bastani

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Autobiography that was deleted by G11 early in the day, but recreated with enough trimming of the first person promotional language that I would rather take to AfD. Google News returns zero results, and he doesn't appear to meet the criteria of WP:PROF. In short: this is a promotional autobiography that doesn't meet our inclusion criteria. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:21, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete - The Notability (academics) criteria are ridiculously low and open to interpretation. In theory, this person might be a notable academic (according to our rules) within Iran, but I'm seeing virtually 0 impact in English language sources. This looks like a delete to me at first glance. NickCT (talk) 19:08, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Just as a note, only one of the publications in the article currently claims to be in a language other than English (Farsi), and he got his PhD at a university in New Zealand where the article claims he is currently living. If he met the PROF criteria, it would be expected to be able to find English-sourcing on him to verify this. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:13, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
 * - Good note. Thanks. In my reading of WP:NACADEMIC you wouldn't necessarily need an English source to verify your degree or place of residence to meet one of the notability criteria. NickCT (talk) 21:39, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
 * No, you certainly wouldn't. I was just noting that since he only got a masters in Iran and his PhD and post-PhD academic experience are in an Anglophone country, it's likely that if he did pass PROF, there would be English sources to confirm it. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:50, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
 * - Ah. Ok. That makes sense. Still strikes me that the bar for academics is ridiculously low. If this guy lived/worked in the US/UK, he'd probably pass the criteria. NickCT (talk) 23:02, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete Self-promotional. Appears to fail GNG, certainly fails SIGCOV. As noted the bar for NACADEMIC is exceptionally low and it is debatable that he even passes that. DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 04:05, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete, i speedied this previously as self promotion and non-notable Jimfbleak - talk to me?  06:28, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - badly fails my standards for attorneys. Bearian (talk) 23:33, 5 June 2017 (UTC)


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