Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black Africans in Iran


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. SNOW close Tone 21:28, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Black Africans in Iran

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I'm very sure this article was made as a joke as there are no Black Africans in Iran, except maybe, just maybe a few. AnwarSadatFan (talk) 04:22, 10 April 2010 (UTC)


 * This article is not a joke, there are Black Africans in Iran. African slaves were brought to the Middle East thousands of years ago. There's even have a documentary about them that came out in 2007. Here's the sources to back up my claim. Here's a picture of an Afro-Iranian woman. Blackmoon33 10:45, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy close, for reasons that should be obvious. This may or may not be a notable entry, but the reason offerred for deletion is invalid. Hairhorn (talk) 17:36, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy close, per above. (GregJackP (talk) 18:04, 10 April 2010 (UTC))
 * Speedy close per above. I would be very surprised if someone proved there WEREN'T people of Black African descent in Iran. Peridon (talk) 18:51, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ethnic groups-related deletion discussions.  cab (talk) 01:50, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions.  cab (talk) 01:50, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup well, the creator has made all sorts of disruptive hoax edits in Iran-related ethnic group articles, but this topic seems like a real one, with reliable sources covering it (e.g. those I just added in the article). cab (talk) 01:50, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep There are multiple sources independent from one another showing this is a real covered topic. Dew Kane (talk) 04:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep for lack of proper rationale for deletion - the rationale of "No Black Africans in Iran" is subverted by "...except maybe, just maybe a few". The argument that the subject does not exist is a valid argument for deletion; the argument that the subject exists just a bit isn't so much. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 13:49, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually I find it to be a perfectly reasonable nomination. Existence is not the same as notability. And the article creator's history of vandalism made it reasonable to assume that this was a hoax, until someone found reliable evidence to the contrary (something stronger than the blog that was there in the first place). cab (talk) 04:07, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 14:21, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.