Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Razi Abedi


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The result was   speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn (non-admin closure) Bradjamesbrown (talk) 04:57, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Razi Abedi

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This biography has some problems: it is unreferenced. A bigger problem: I cannot find anything that establishes notability. I looked and all I could find was this, where our subject is quoted, and this, the strongest claim to notability--but that's all. Drmies (talk) 03:42, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —David Eppstein (talk) 04:45, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pakistan-related deletion discussions.  — Eastmain (talk • contribs)  04:55, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
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 * Keep. This reference mentioned by Drmies seems to suggest notability. - Eastmain (talk • contribs) 04:55, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability established by substantial coverage in reliable independent sources. ChildofMidnight (talk) 07:25, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. -- Saki talk 08:59, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep it is extremely difficult to judge the notability of writers in Pakistan by the usual criteria--there are no union holdings databases like WorldCat available for Pakistani  libraries, there are very few libraries in  the US that are likely to collect in Urdu, and there are no easily accessible really well established review sources that we know to rely on. For this author, his Educational chaos is held by a dozen US libraries, so he is not entirely unheard of here, but his Urdu works are not in WorldCat. Thesingle reference provided, however, seems both independent and substantial and sufficient to establish notability.    DGG ( talk ) 12:13, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Snow/Speedy Keep, per the above. Just a suggestion -- if the nom is agreeable at this point to this closing as a snow keep (given that all others are unanimous that it is a keep), that might perhaps save some people some time.--Epeefleche (talk) 00:06, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, even if I disagree with all of some of you, I suppose I could be bought. I'll tell you what, put a nice picture of a nice dog on my talk page, and I might be amenable to your suggestion. Drmies (talk) 04:32, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Nomination withdrawn given the substantial incentive provided by one of the participants here. If any admins feel the spirit, please file the paperwork and ChildofMidnight will sign it, in a couple of hours. Thanks to you all, Drmies (talk) 04:48, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
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