Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fahd Ballan


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The result was   keep. Mkativerata (talk) 19:11, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Fahd Ballan

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Searches for any substantial reliable sources about this person have yielded nothing. Delete as non-notable. 4meter4 (talk) 19:09, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
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 * Comment English and French sources are there, but don't say quite enough to establish notability. However, they do say enough for me to think it highly likely that Arabic sources would establish notability - but I can't read Arabic. PWilkinson (talk) 22:29, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a well-known figure of Arab music. عمرو بن كلثوم (talk) 18:58, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:04, 31 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. I've added some references to sources that confirm that the subject was a major player in player in the Syrian and Egyptian poplular music scenes in pre-Internet decades. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:01, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep per sourcing provided by User:Phil Bridger.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 05:18, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
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