Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sharif Mahamud Abdurhman

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The result was delete. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:39, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sharif Mahamud Abdurhman[edit]

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This article is about a non-notable person. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 01:42, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. ssт✈^(discuss) 02:17, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:10, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. 2 hits on Google for the name as written in the title, 6 when using the more correct spelling "Sharif Mahamud Abdurahman". Apart from the wiki mirrors, the other hits seem to be business directories. If even a standard google search has this few results, I doubt that this guy passes WP:GNG. - HyperGaruda (talk) 08:12, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are some more hits when searching for "Abdurahman Sharif Mahamud", assuming it's the same person. LjL (talk) 18:54, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks LjL. "Abdurahman Sharif Mahamud" seems to be the author of Before Blackhawk Down: A Look inside Pre-Civil War Somalia (published by Lulu.com). Alas, the publisher actually makes it worse (self-publishing) and I'm still unable to find significant coverage of the author himself. - HyperGaruda (talk) 19:15, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That book is mentioned within the article so it must at least be the same person. LjL (talk) 19:51, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —UY Scuti ^Talk 18:12, 20 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:04, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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