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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. -- Cirt (talk) 00:29, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Omar Mansour[edit]

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Unremarkable biography. Lacks significant coverage in 3rd party sources. RadioFan (talk) 13:44, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment This is a reprint from the Guardian. Still not what I'd call significant coverage.--RadioFan (talk) 17:48, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. How is it not significant coverage? It is an article solely about Mansour. It is not actually an reprint from the British newspaper The Guardian, as I also thought at first, but an article from the Tanzanian newspaper of the same name hosted on its own publisher's web site. Phil Bridger (talk) 17:58, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment WP:BIO looks for the person to be the subject of multiple published secondary sources which are reliable and independent of each other. Just not seeing that being met here. The claim of notability here is that this person traveled, by motorcycle throughout the world, which I'm not finding all that notable.--RadioFan (talk) 18:19, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is there more reliable reports, I am open to moving to keep. I do agree with Radios comment though, why is he notable, a notable what? Off2riorob (talk) 18:21, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please note that I didn't preface my comment with the word "keep". I'm offering that source as one that can contribute towards notability, but doesn't by itself establish it. I also see no reason to doubt that the Ethiopian Herald article offered by the article author is genuine. Let's remember that sources don't have to be available online. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:06, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Egypt-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:19, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:19, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - Article is poorly formatted for a good quality Wikipedia article, but newspaper references show that he is notable (GNG) so the article should be improved, not deleted. Ougro (talk) 21:24, 3 May 2011 (UTC)— Ougro (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
  • Comment It is still not clear how this person is notable. The only claim to notability here is a very long motorcycle ride. If this were notable, I would think references beyond Italian ones would be available.--RadioFan (talk) 21:56, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Italian references? The ones that I see in the article are South African, Tanzanian, Ethiopian and Egyptian, all written in English. Phil Bridger (talk) 11:42, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment fair enough, I see those additional references now, but it's still not clear how this person is notable. --RadioFan (talk) 12:25, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • This doesn't belong here it belongs on myspace or facebook. Its not a biography. Off2riorob (talk) 11:50, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz Humbug! 19:47, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - The claim to notability is not unreasonable, that of being a megadistance motorcyclist in advancing a political agenda. What does seem to be lacking is sourcing. I found a Google search for the specific phrase "Omar Mansour" + motorcycle to be altogether underwhelming. The style of the article is atrocious, but that's not the question here. I'm just not seeing significant sourcing... Carrite (talk) 15:51, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 09:58, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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