Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lena Alhusseini


 * 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.  MBisanz  talk 00:10, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Lena Alhusseini

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Subject does not appear to be notable and article is a linkfarm. Queries as to notability are met with resistance from a stable of single-use editors that suggest possible WP:AUTOBIO issues. —  AjaxSmack   01:03, 7 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete All references are either or trivial passing mentions or from unsuitable sources. Subject appears not to be notable Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 01:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep The article definitely suffers from a number of problems, but, like linkfarm, they can be remedied without trashing the whole article. Alhusseini meets the requirements of WP:BIO: "she has been the subject of published secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject." While none of the reliably sourced coverage is terribly in depth, I think the breadth does establish notability, especially with articles turning to her as something of a spokesperson for Arabs/Palestinians/Islamic women. And I don't know how non-reliable sources factor into this discussion, but I think this article in the Militant Islam Monitor, while clearly not an RS, buttresses the argument for her notability. -- Irn (talk) 03:31, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Her role,as given the thearticle and supported by references,is notable. DGG (talk) 21:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Her role as what? The first sentence says she "is a Saudi Arab American of Palestinian origin born in Jerusalem."  If having a birthplace, nationality, and ethnic origin are notable characteristics, we could have over 6 billion bio articles at Wikipedia. —   AjaxSmack   01:29, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per Dylanfromthenorth, only trivial mention in sources, or no reliable secondary sources. As it stands, I would support delelte. Wacko Jack O   01:37, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - per User:Dylanfromthenorth. No additional evidence of notability has been presented. —   AjaxSmack   01:34, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:10, 14 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Salvageable, meets notability guidelines. —  Jake   Wartenberg  00:29, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * (weak) Delete Irn's list notwithstanding, I'm just not convinced of notability. She gets mentioned in newspapers, but so do the thousands of other good folks who head up charitable causes; I don't think that meets the bar for notability. Matt Deres (talk) 02:40, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Are a few profiles from various websites sufficient for notability? Of the eight references given, the prominent ones only mention her in passing; it's the one by her organisation and the other minor sources that pay much attention to her.  I don't see significant coverage from reliable sources here.  Nyttend (talk) 04:46, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 *  delete (weak)   She falls into a large category of people who are notable not because of their personal accomplishments (there are lots of skilled professional child advocates and welfare workers in the world) as because of the intense interest in the Arab-Israeli conflict.  A child welfare advocate from Thailand or Bolivia would not have a Wikipedia page, but, neither would she have bloggers and online magazines celebrating and attacking her.   Mentions in "real" publications only mention her in passing, regarding her involvement with a charter school for Arabic language instruction.   Perhaps the judicious thing to do is to remove the article until  she attracts more than passing media mentions.Historicist Historicist (talk) 01:41, 19 April 2009 (UTC)


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