Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohammad Khatami presidential campaign, 2009


 * 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   no consensus. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:08, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Mohammad Khatami presidential campaign, 2009

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Khatami had dropped out by the time of the election - notice how the article has barely been updated in months. He initially said he was planning to run, but dropped out after five weeks. ,,. Bsimmons 666  (talk) 19:56, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * This could still be notable; dropping out of a presidential race is a noteworthy event, unless you're a non-notable person. However the current article is too short to give any real context to the story. Hairhorn (talk) 20:04, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup - there are articles on US presidential candidates who dropped out before the first primaries (Tom Vilsack, etc.) --DMG413 (talk) 23:13, 25 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete as all relevant information is already at the Khatami article, and his candidacy is not independently notableLinguistixuck (talk) 00:27, 2 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep. A former president's campaign, although aborted is definitely notable. However, it doesn't have sufficient content to merit a separate article, so it needs to be expanded, and I'm sure it can, just that it needs some local sources etc. Else a merge might not be a bad option, although not the preferred one. -SpacemanSpiff (talk) 00:54, 2 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep- This is notable as he is a notable person. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:01, 2 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 20:55, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Pastor Theo (talk) 00:19, 2 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep Agree with Spaceman7Spiff. Tree Karma (talk) 02:40, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge If this can be expanded and sourced it might stand on its own. He and it is notable, the only question is if its needed seperate from his main article?  If it doesn't significantly expand then the info can be merged into Khatami.  Fuzbaby (talk) 05:14, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I dont think we need an article just to say he was in, then he was out.  The needed information is already in the main article, so I fail to see a need to keep this Corpx (talk) 08:30, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Does not warrant its own article, possibly add to main. Parkerparked (talk) 22:40, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep It is part of the history of this election.--Sina (talk) 23:18, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is clearly a notable event and the information belongs somewhere. I prefer "keep" instead of "merge" because the Mohammad Khatami article is getting pretty long and it would benefit from being split into detailed sub-articles like this one. I agree that the article needs a lot of work, though. Jafeluv (talk) 13:53, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * There truly is nothing to say about the article (Google it!). And I guarantee this article will not be cleaned up any time soon. Take a look at the bullet points.
 * 1:Only references are two blogs in Farsi.
 * 2:Only reference is in Farsi.
 * 3:Only legitimate bullet point - confirms that Khatami was pulling out of the race.
 * 4:Another unconfirmed report
 * An then finally, a list of people who endorsed Khatami - with a reference, again, in Farsi. His campaign was absolutely NOT notable in the way that Vilsack's was - there was no active campaigning, no significant events, etc. And even if there was, (a) there are tight media restrictions in Iran and (b) it's all in Farsi. Bsimmons 666  (talk) 15:13, 3 July 2009 (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.