Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rafik Yousef


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The result was no consensus. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:57, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Rafik Yousef

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WP:NOTNEWS, article seems to have been made on the basis that this guy was an Islamic extremist. There have been lots of foiled terror attacks or suspected terror attacks, and there is no evidence that this stands out in any way to be covered in an encyclopedic article. Parsley Man (talk) 02:20, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Parsley, it would have been nice if you had notified me that you had created this AFD.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:01, 11 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete In addition to the correct WP:NOTNEWS concern, this biography does not meet WP:1E or WP:BLPN AusLondonder (talk) 03:35, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Clearly not a case of WP:1E. I created this page. Yousef was a member of Ansar al-Islam convicted in Germany of plotting to murder a Prime Minister who was visiting Germany, served time, was released and attacked a police officer with a knife; officer responded by shooting him. He died of bullet wounds. Point: he is notorious for 2 incidents.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:45, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:00, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Terrorism-related deletion discussions.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:00, 11 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Have added a few sources on assassination plot. This:  "German authorities say Islamic militants behind Allawi assassination plot are sending fighters from Iraq to Europe" gives an idea of flavor of coverage; investigation, arrest & trial took 4 years.  International coverage in anglophone press throughout that period. Me, or anyone with the time, can add to article, including German and other language coverage of both assassinaiton plot and attack on police officer.  ParsleyMan  failed to perform WP:BEFORE.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:39, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep WP:GNG, granted it could be usefully expanded, but it should be kept as per WP:EXIST, and because even sourcing on page when it was nominated established the involvement of this operative for an terrorist organization in 2 widely publicized incidents, especially the first, a well-documented and widely-discussed attempt to assassinate a Prime Minister of Iraq during a visit to Germany.E.M.Gregory (talk) 01:09, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - Subject plotted to assassinate the Prime Minister and also attacked a police officer with a knife for which he was killed. Two significant events which seems to qualify for a BLP. Meatsgains (talk) 02:30, 18 February 2016 (UTC)


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