Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kara Yülük Osman


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:04, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Kara Yülük Osman

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Unreferenced for nearly three years, fails verifiability policy. Stifle (talk) 16:05, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Turkey-related deletion discussions.  -- kelapstick (talk) 17:13, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iraq-related deletion discussions.  -- kelapstick (talk) 17:13, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Encyclopedia Britannica has an article so it's not likely a hoax. That it is unreferenced means it needs to be given references, not deleted.  No doubt more sources exist in languages other than English.  Drawn Some (talk) 18:07, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep He's notable enough for a paper encyclopedia. Google Books  gives several hits under his Turkish name and Google Scholar gives f few more.  Edward321 (talk) 04:43, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Not being verified and being unverifiable are two different things. With a mention in Britannica and plenty of Google hits, following WP:BEFORE should have been a trivial exercise.-Mgm|(talk) 08:55, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
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