Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hossam Shaltout


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The result was delete. Can&#39;t sleep, clown will eat me 00:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Hossam Shaltout


Wikipedia is not Wikinews. Gnews results limited a PR release and a very few reports regurgitating it, which doesn't rise above trivial reporting. If WP:BIO is the appropriate notability guideline, the subject doesn't meet it. I assume that this is the same Hossam Shaltout who previously sued the US govt, which was marginally better reported, but appears to sunk without leaving much trace. A redirect would have been the obvious solution, but the only thing linking to it - Human rights in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq - didn't seem like a good candidate. Angus McLellan (Talk) 00:31, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable, fails WP:BIO. Cbrown1023 01:57, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. I was going to put a Speedy tag on it, but that's already been tried. --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 03:05, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - to use McLellan's argument, this is not Wikinews, I would say that, if the press coverage is somewhat lacking, his claims is still disturbing. As the conspiracy-loving guy I am, I think that there is substance to his claims, and that the media coverage signals that his story is hush-hush for someone. I understand the guidelines very well, and if you are to use them literally it would be a vote for delete for me too. Eventheless I believe that this article about Shaltout may show if his claims are real. --abach 13:02, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - non-notable conspiracy theorist. Junk. Moreschi 14:03, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:BIO. --Ineffable3000 23:56, 4 November 2006 (UTC)


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