Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yasser Abdel Rahman


 * 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   no consensus. HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   14:50, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Yasser Abdel Rahman

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Exists, but does not appear to meet our notability criteria from what I can see. Lacks sufficient RS coverage. Tagged for notability since January 2010. Epeefleche (talk) 22:16, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:39, 17 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. Easily found significant coverage in reliable sources (largely related to his scoring of several notable films) by...searching on his name in Arabic. The language of his home country, fancy that. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 04:14, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep – Notable Egyptian film composer; see ; article claims an Academy Award winner. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 16:13, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I had thought that was not an RS for purposes of establishing notability ... am I incorrect?--Epeefleche (talk) 08:49, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
 * IMDb is obviously insufficient as the only source for a living person's biography, but is considered a reliable source for the existence of films, and for lists of cast and crew. That's however a bit besides the point in an AfD where the question is merely whether the subject is able to meet guidelines and policies. My point is that he is; the article obviously needs a lot of work, but that is, as I understand it, not a reason listed at the policy WP:DEL. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 11:22, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree that an article needing work is not a reason for deletion. But to meet our notability guidelines, we need -- for example -- under GNG to show appropriate non-trivial coverage in RSs.  I don't see IMDB as doing that.  While we don't have to improve the article so that the article reflects that RS coverage, we have to identify such non-trivial RS coverage to support a keep !vote.  Our notability guideline indicates that IMDB listings do not indicate notability for wp purposes.  Mere "existence" of a person is not sufficient to meet our notability standard, and there mere existence as indicated on an IMDB listing is not considered a factor that helps us demonstrate notability.--Epeefleche (talk) 22:51, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
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