Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Farrah Sarafa (2nd nomination)


 * 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 procedural close because there is nothing in Wikipedia guidelines about allowing an AfD from more than a decade ago to be reopened. If desired, bring up for a new AfD using the proper process.. SouthernNights (talk) 12:58, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Farrah Sarafa

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The article 'Farrah Sarafa' was nominated for deletion in January 2011, but no consensus was reached. I strongly believe it should remain under consideration for deletion. Please note that I was not part of the original nomination or discussion.

Upon consideration of Wikipedia's Notability Guidelines for biographies, I hold that the person in question does not adequately meet the standard.

For instance: According to the cited links, Farrah Sarafa is a graduate student who contributes to 'various publications'- sources include a link to several articles for a single website ( Green & Save.com) as well as a work released through "Shadowpoetry.com"- a self-publishing website. The article also claims that Ms. Sarafa has won 'a number of awards and prizes for her poetry.' The only awards cited are (1) a college poetry award (Hopwood) for a contest that is only open to University of Michigan students and (2) a "second place" poetry award in a competition by a small specialty publisher, Chistell Publishing (http://www.chistell.com/company.htm).

I feel that the article and its links establish that "Farrah Sarafa" is: an adjunct professor, a freelance writer and magazine contributor- but not that this person is particularly distinguished within any of these creative fields. This said, the subject does not adequately merit its own article.


 * It seems rather unusual that the nominators first and only contribution to Wikipedia was to initiate this somewhat complex AFD process - not something that a new user would think of or be capable of doing. Therefore i suggest the possibility that "Bunnyman" is not a new user at all, and I question their motives for nominating this article.
 * Although the previous AFD was closed as "no consensus" that was not a good reading of the situation by the closer, as the consensus to "Keep" was quite apparent. For the same reasons I gave at the last AFD, for nothing has changed since then, I suggest
 * Keep and improve using the many sources provided. Weakopedia (talk) 07:27, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Strong delete - the references are as feeble now as they were before: "about this author" listings in obscure poetry magazines and the like. Still nothing resembling actual evidence of notability, nothing substantive from reliable sources. -- Orange Mike   &#x007C;   Talk  01:08, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, jp×g 09:52, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Authors, Women,  and New York. Shellwood (talk) 09:29, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete. Despite the bizarre circumstances of this nomination, where it was made over ten years ago, never linked from a daily log page, never fully opened and never formally closed... this just isn't a very good article. It wasn't a very good one then, and it still isn't one. I do not see anything that passes WP:NPROF, and running a magazine that "underscores industry pioneers" is not WP:GNG. jp×g 09:54, 23 July 2022 (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.