Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mahmoud Khatami

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The result was keep. John254 02:14, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mahmoud Khatami[edit]

I don't think this seems very notable? per WP:BIO. The whole thing seems to be one big advertisement for this person's works. Gary King (talk) 21:37, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:12, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. The article says he is best known for ontetic philosophy, but when I search for "ontetic" in Google scholar I see only one article, his. So I find that part completely unconvincing. But if he's publishing in a language other than English it may be harder to uncover the impact of his work, and "Fellow of Iran’s Academy of the Arts" may be enough. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:20, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. cab (talk) 23:57, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I have tagged the article as needing attention from an expert in philosophy. Membership in a national academy such as Iranian Academy of the Arts demonstrates notability. The number of regular members in the academy is limited to 30, so it's quite an exclusive group. I would like to see more biographical articles about past and present members of academies such as the Royal Society. --Eastmain (talk) 02:56, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep On the basis of his publications; He's listed as a "Fellow" of the Academy--the WP article on it does not indicate what the meaning of that status may be, as it doesn't mention that classification of member at all. I cannot get the their web site to work .[1] I suspect it does mean full member, but i cannot verify.07:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DGG (talk • contribs) 07:10, 20 February 2008
Keep; He is a prominent professor at University of Tehran. --Mohsens (talk) 16:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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