Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Imad Salamey


 * 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. Consensus that the additional sources found during the course of discussion demonstrate sufficient notability per NAUTHOR. (non-admin closure) Nosebagbear (talk) 00:15, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Imad Salamey

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WP:AUTOBIO of a political scientist, whose claims of notability are not properly referenced -- the only attempts at "referencing" present here at all, until I poleaxed them as WP:ELNO violations, was each book title offlinking to its own primary source profile or abstract on either the self-published website of its own publisher or an online bookstore. There's no evidence of proper reliable source media coverage, such as journalism about him or critical reviews of his work, being shown here at all, and the article's been flagged as such since 2015 without improvement -- and, as always, our conflict of interest rules prevent people from starting poorly sourced articles about themselves, so the fact that the article's primary maintainers have been "Salamey2015" and "Isalamey" is a problem as well. Wikipedia is WP:NOTLINKEDIN: we are not a place where people are entitled to post their résumés just because they exist. Bearcat (talk) 16:02, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lebanon-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 16:25, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 16:37, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 16:37, 28 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment I agree that the article needs work, and it's definitely problematic that it seems to be being maintained by the subject. I did a search for some sources however, and it's possible that he'd be notable. He seems to have published some books with respectable publishing houses, which have received some attention - This and this are reviews of his books in what appears to be respectable journals, and this indicates that another one of his books is recommended as a reading on a masters course at Edinburgh University; also this is an interview in what appears to be a decent news source (I've never heard of it, but it has an editorial board etc.). Girth Summit  (blether)  16:43, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete: He is Lebanese and the official languages of Lebanon are Arabic and French. Both the Arabic and French wikipedias do not have a page of this person so why does he need to exist on English Wikipedia? Besides, this article is currently a short stub and he has not made any major accomplishments to the world at large. --Ernesztina (talk) 20:55, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * None of that remotely resembles a valid reason for deletion. Phil Bridger (talk) 13:44, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
 * And both the French and especially Arabic WPs are far smaller than the English WP. Johnbod (talk) 13:59, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete absolutely no sources at all in article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:26, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment - Salamey has a decent citation score at Google scholar. Mccapra (talk) 20:58, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
 *  Delete  It's not even a competent WP:AUTOBIO, no proper sourcing, just a list of papers he has written. Wikipedia is WP:NOTLINKEDIN.   Concur with Nom that we delete this per WP:COI.  If he's notable, someone will write a proper article.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:02, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per keepers - two books published by Routledge suggests a respected specialist academic. Johnbod (talk) 13:59, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per the reviews linked above, to which we can add this one. Phil Bridger (talk) 14:10, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep tag it and give someone a chance to use those reviews. I would probably do it myself if I had full access to them.White Siddiqah (talk) 15:03, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 15:25, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep In light of the second review that Phil Bridger linked to above, I'm coming down on keeping this. I think that The Government and Politics of Lebanon book has received enough attention to pass criterion 3 of WP:NAUTHOR - his work is obviously well-known in his field, and this book has been the subject of multiple periodical articles/reviews. I do think that the page needs to be tagged, and the subject needs a stiff COI warning, but he does appear to be notable. Girth Summit  (blether)  15:52, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. North America1000 21:26, 8 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep per book reviews brought during discussion.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:24, 10 March 2019 (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.