Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seyed Ali Jaberi (2nd nomination)


 * 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 delete. Barkeep49 (talk) 01:37, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Seyed Ali Jaberi
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Like Saleh Sokhandan, which is also currently nominated for deletion, this article was penned by a user who disclosed that they received payment from the article's subject for writing the article. At first glance, this article has an impressive list of references, but a closer investigation reveals that all the references are garbage -- ranging from user-generated content like last.fm and discogs to trivial announcements of concerts and short bios in music listening services. Further investigation leads me to believe that this article's subject might be borderline notable, as there are some mentions in Iranian newspapers. However, I can't read Persian so I can't determine whether those mentions constitute WP:SIGCOV. That's all not terribly important, as the article as it currently stands qualifies for WP:TNT, as the entirety of it was was written by an user who was paid to write a promotional article. Ealuscerwen (talk) 20:48, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Ealuscerwen (talk) 20:48, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. Ealuscerwen (talk) 20:48, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:52, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete people are not supposed to buy their way into having a Wikipedia article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:25, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 10:58, 28 June 2020 (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.