Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moawad GadElrab


 * 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. Ask me or any other admin if you would like the content userfied. Thanks. Black Kite (talk) 11:23, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Moawad GadElrab

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This article does not cite any reliable sources that cover the life and work of the subject. All "sources" are just book listings without anything about his life. I tried Google Search, but it only returns few hits, none of which seams reliable. Searching in Arabic similarily returns small number of hits. It fails WP:GNG.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  10:36, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
 * keep the article has not finished yet ,material still under collections from several arabic sources, old newspapers and magazines also from the author and artist the late Dr Moawad Gadelrab own old papers obviously most his work was not saved in the internet at the time ,he was a well known personality in period of fifties and sixties with his work appeared in the press and TV therefore the article still under development (Raafat (talk) 10:52, 4 April 2015 (UTC))
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. North America1000 11:34, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete – No claim of general WP:Notability or WP:Notability (academics). —&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;Bill W.&#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160; (Talk)&#160;&#160;(Contrib)&#160;&#160; (User:Wtwilson3) &#160;&#160;— 13:25, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep the article still under development ,waiting for more references and newspapers cuttings (Raafat (talk) 21:38, 10 April 2015 (UTC))
 * You cannot vote twice. I've stroke your vote. By the way, if the article is "under development", it can be moved to the WP:draft namespace.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:37, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Just a point of clarity. It's not really voting.  But you're right, making a Keep comment twice is inappropriate. —&#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160;Bill W.&#160;&#160;  &#160;&#160; (Talk)&#160;&#160;(Contrib)&#160;&#160; (User:Wtwilson3) &#160;&#160;— 03:02, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Userfy This doesn't appear to meet notability requirements, but Raafat claims that there are a number of Arabic sources to expand the article with. I don't see any problems with moving this into userspace and giving Raafat the opportunity to bring the article up to standards. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 03:02, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 07:37, 12 April 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 13:01, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete or userfy. There may be a WP:WORLDVIEW issue here, in that if reliable sources (such as newspaper reviews) exist for a mid-20th-century Egyptian author we wouldn't expect them to be in English and online. But until someone more knowledgeable digs up those sources, we have no basis for keeping the article. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:49, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:BIO and WP:GNG, unless there are significant non-English sources. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:57, 30 April 2015 (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.