Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hossein Pourganji


 * 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   delete.  Ron h jones (Talk) 23:41, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Hossein Pourganji

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Grandiose claims for this Iranian professor cannot be verified. Deprodded by User:Espresso Addict. I normally wouldn't criticize another editor, but Espresso Addict should have brought this hoax-like BLP article to AfD after deprodding it. Abductive (reasoning) 17:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Article claims notability in computer science, but there are 0 hits in both GS and WoS. Seems clear-cut. Respectfully, Agricola44 (talk) 20:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC).
 * Delete. I can't even find any evidence that this person exists let alone that they have any noteworthy academic accomplishments. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:39, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Alefbe (talk) 15:46, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Of course this should be deleted if no sources can be found, but please let's not not assume that the issue is clear-cut. It is quite possible that the reason that no sources have been found so far is due to issues with transliteration. It would be helpful to this discussion if someone could supply the spelling of the subject's name in Persian. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:17, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I tried and failed, even searching just by Pourganji, to find anything. If this person can translate, it is remarkable that he has no English internet presence. Abductive  (reasoning) 04:29, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * The onus is on those who wish to delete an article to bring it to AfD, not on those who wish to keep it. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:07, 12 December 2009 (UTC).
 * I think not, only in the case of BLPs. Abductive  (reasoning) 04:29, 13 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. If someone can find reliable sources, feel free to re-create. Right now I have no reason to believe that this person exists. — Miym (talk) 10:48, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - No evidence of notability. While the person may exist, I doubt the claims made in the article are accurate. Probably a hoax, Lord Spongefrog,  (I am Czar of all Russias!)  19:03, 13 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Google search returns 0 hits (the only Google searches I can find are from other wikis which have the same content), possible hoax. December21st2012Freak   Happy Holidays! 03:47, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
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