Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pirouz Davani


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure)  TheSpecialUser TSU 01:41, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Pirouz Davani

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No RS to establish notability, and thus unencyclopedic. The tone of the article is also wholly speculative - the subject is "thought to be" many things without proof. Of the two sources, one is a Letter to the Editor, and the other is a website frontpage. MSJapan (talk) 19:50, 12 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep per WP:NTEMP. The sources attached to the article are not particularly good but that's more a WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM sort of problem. Some better sources:


 * This article from 2003 about his disappearance.
 * This press release from Reporters Without Borders which seems to have prompted the above article. - having had another look - the first two are the same text.
 * This note from 1998 immediately following his disappearance.
 * This coverage of his and other similar disappearances from the Iran Press Service
 * This summary from Amnesty International.
 * This press release reprint, also from RSF, hosted on the UNHCR website.


 * I don't think it should be too big a problem to create a well-sourced article from the above. I might give that a go. Stalwart 111  01:11, 13 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Done - with some changes to links that I was having trouble with from the list above. Stalwart 111  02:00, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep after good work by Stalwart111. Sufficient sources and evidence of notability as an Iranian dissident. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 18:37, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, appears to have good deal of coverage from independent reliable secondary sources. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 19:58, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
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