Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jamshid Behnam


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 18:39, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Jamshid Behnam

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Following a contestation of a prod, nominating a BLP that long relies on an external link as a reference (published by what appears to be an organization that publishes his work) and claims notability vaguely and unreinforced by additional external secondary sources. Sadads (talk) 19:52, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Before this nomination was made I pointed out on the article talk page that many reliable sources are found by a Google Books search, as linked above. Could the nominator please explain how he or she came to the conclusion that those sources are inadequate for demonstrating notability? Phil Bridger (talk) 21:23, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I did my own search of both Google books and Google scholar and only found 2 or 3 mentions that went beyond the casual aside that he was involved with 2 or other 3 people in commenting on sociology in Iran. The significant coverage part was lacking considerably in what I could find readily though Cindamuse appears to haev done a fairly good job unearthing things that I did not see, Sadads (talk) 09:09, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. I have to concur. The Google books and scholar search provided minimal details to support the article. I basically looked for his name in Farsi and translated to find other content. There really isn't much out there. Of course, the subject does have a Facebook account though. ;)  Cind. amuse  09:43, 3 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. Following research and editing, I believe the article is sufficiently sourced. That said, I wasn't able to locate any ISBNs. Not familiar with Persian literature, I'm led to believe that they may not utilize them.  Cind. amuse  08:35, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. - since nomination article has been expanding and improved, asserting at least a minimal level of wikipedia notability. Thanks to User:Cindamuse for that work. It is difficult researching such subjects. Off2riorob (talk) 09:16, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cirt (talk) 00:08, 10 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep Appears to meet WP:AUTHOR. Qrsdogg (talk) 19:38, 15 June 2011 (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.