Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hanan Kattan


 * 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. No arguments for deletion aside from the nominator. (Non-admin closure) Armbrust  Talk  Contribs  02:17, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Hanan Kattan

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After tagging this article, I noticed that it had previously been speedy deleted several times. It's very clear that both recent contributors have a conflict of interest, and they keep removing the tags without making any substantial changes to the article or adding reliable references. I nominate for deletion not so much because of notability issues but because the article has clearly been created for promotional reasons and there is no apparent intent to improve it. A vote on deletion will at least settle the question of whether it merits inclusion at all. Deb (talk) 07:49, 29 August 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  00:05, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep There is some coverage about this filmmaker, see  etc. An informative article about Hanan Kattan and her partner could be useful for our readers. I agree, the article needs rewriting. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 08:29, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:19, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
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 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * KeepNew at the comments, so please bear with me. I'm a writer and publicist who spends about 60% of my time doing research. I use Wikipedia for quite a bit of that (for news stories, press releases, speeches, etc), and I’ve found that these bio pages are very important and helpful to me. In this particular case, I think Kattan’s entry is important because of her work with LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) issues and the TEDxHolyLand initiative that is supposed to bring Palestinian and Israeli women together for the betterment of their countries and the world. That’s a pretty hot topic right now, and there aren’t a lot of women-led organizations trying to help. No doubt this entry needs to be rewritten and expanded, but I would not advocate removal. In fact, more public figures’ bios on Wikipedia would be preferable. I understand the issues, but I would rather have some info from the Wikipedia community than none because it violates a rule that is outdated, in my opinion. There have been many times where I’ve looked to Wikipedia to find these more obscure public figures and come up empty-handed. I was surprised but delighted to see Kattan’s. Let’s see more please. Thanks for your time! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.145.58.10 (talk) 21:59, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
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