Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murad Wilfried Hofmann


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The result was keep. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 06:47, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Murad Wilfried Hofmann
DeleteThis person only has 603 hits to his page. He is not a notable or famous Insert non-formatted text here person.--Sefringle 03:38, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 13:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 16:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong keep Subject is a former German ambassador and held a high-ranking post in NATO. He's a published author and a well-travelled lecturer on contemporary relations between the West and the Islamic world. Here's a link from a lecture he gave at a conference at Oxford University three years ago that verifies most of the claims to notability in the article: . Caknuck 16:37, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Passes WP:BIO with plenty of references and published works. --
 * Keep. Is this another example of "Google creep"? Why is 600 hits not enough? What is the minimal number of references required for reliability, or references for notability? --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 17:37, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * keep - looks like he passes WP:BIO. Additionally, a search for "Murad Wilfried Hoffmann" may be misleading. I certainly know him better as "Murad Hofmann", but I presume the article's author has a good reason for adding the middle name. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 22:17, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I searched for "Wilfried Hofmann" and found plenty of relevant links. Caknuck 16:21, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I didn't even think of trying that search, but then the rationale for creating the page seems to be that he's known by both first and middle names. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 22:12, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep Murad Hofman gets some Google Scholar hits and is quoted by several notable authors according to Google books. I think it's probably enough as the raw Google count for German academics/former-diplomats is going to be relatively low compared to their importance. (For example when I create articles on jazz musicians I find that getting under a 1000 Google hits makes me worry they may not meet notability, but when I create an article on say a Nigerian author a 1000 hits is plenty)--T. Anthony 10:21, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
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