Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saeed Zeinali

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The result was keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 18:45, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Saeed Zeinali

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While he may have been arrested, I'm not really seeing anything in the content that makes him ~~inherently~~ notable. The only major thing that this article is mentioning is his arrest and that he was a "political prisoner" - but I'm not seeing major news coverage. Dusti^{*Let's talk!*} 22:41, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:25, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:25, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article topics need to be notable, not "inherently notable", whatever that is supposed to mean. The BBC source cited is certainly major news coverage and goes some way towards demonstrating notability. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:32, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure why I typed "inhereitly" but that's been struck. One single BBC news story of an arrest doesn't make a person notable. He was arrested - a lot of people have been arrested. Dusti^{*Let's talk!*} 20:04, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The BBC source is not reporting the news of his arrest, but is an article about Zeinali published fourteen years after his arrest. As I said, it goes some way towards demonstrating notability, but not all the way. Have you looked for sources in Persian or for other possible transcritions of the name into the Roman alphabet, such as combinations including "Said" for the first name and "Zeynali" for the second? I'm sure that there are other possibilities. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:47, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - relevant and important Kabirat (talk) 06:39, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Theopolisme (talk) 05:33, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Per substantial coverage in reliable independent sources including BBC News. Candleabracadabra (talk) 04:43, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - this case is a little complicated. Zaynali's status as alive or dead can't be confirmed but I think that this is not a BLP. Iranian authorities never commented on this incident and mainstream media outlets can't cover his case due to restrictions for independent journalists in Iran.Farhikht (talk) 09:20, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think also that the article should be renamed to Disappearance of Saeed Zeinali.Farhikht (talk) 09:41, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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.