Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fazale Rana

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The result was delete. Black Kite 18:21, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fazale Rana

Complete lack of third party coverage cited in the article (citations are almost all to blurbs from associated organisations for whom the topic has spoken/written). Little-to-no evidence of third party coverage elsewhere. Creationist organisation that he is VP of is not sufficiently notable to warrant an article separate from its founder (Hugh Ross (creationist)‎. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 17:37, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. —Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 17:37, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. —Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 17:37, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Neither the references given nor natural searches indicate that Rana is notable. Neither his books nor his journal articles appear to have had a transformative impact on any field, and his awards are pretty minor. No prejudice to recreation at some later date if, for instance, his 2008 book or his RtB work leads to WP:N. - Eldereft (cont.) 19:04, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, does not appear to meet WP:BIO. Stifle (talk) 13:25, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable as a minor academic and creationist speaker and has books published by Baker Books. Needs clean up not delete. We66er (talk) 01:31, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: first link is only for a video of Rana available on UCTV (one of 31 videos available in their Focus on Origins series), news links are for brief opinion on stem cell research & a press release, the simple act of having published books does not add to notability -- this only occurs when a WP:RS notices (reviews, disagrees with, praises, etc) the books. This material provides no indication that the topic meets WP:BIO or WP:ACADEMIC. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 04:19, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think an appearance on UCTV (University of California), 7 g news hits, and a book from a large Christian publishing house is notable. While it is marginal, someone might come across his name and look for an entry about him. We66er (talk) 05:06, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

With the exception of one unreliable source (The Conservative Voice), none of the Google News Archive-listed articles appear to give Rana more than passing mention. And no, the simple act of publishing a book isn't notable -- see WP:BK for what is. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk 07:17, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not Notable Mynameisstanley (talk) 03:41, 11 September 2008 (UTC)Mynameisstanley[reply]

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