Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Solomon Eliezer Alfandari

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 keep. WP:SNOW keep (non-admin closure) Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 11:33, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Solomon Eliezer Alfandari[edit]

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Deletion request created on behalf of IP User 37.24.53.157.

Reason provided: Unproper sources: Many links are dead. Websites like www.truetorahjews.org or nanach.org not independent from topic, but partisan. Printed publications do not meet WP:N. Streets of Jerusalem was published by Deborah Publishing (self-publishing). Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 15:15, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Religion-related deletion discussions. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 15:15, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletion discussions. Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 15:15, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep The individual is notable; the article needs work, particularly regarding sourcing. Finding reliable and verifiable references for someone who lived outside the mainstream and lived in an era (and part of the world) where sources are harder to find is a challenge, but one that can be met. Alansohn (talk) 15:43, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep. Sourcing should be addressed with a tag on the article, not with an AFD. This individual is strongly notable as a Sephardic Hakham and Chief Rabbi of Damascus and of Safed. Yoninah (talk) 15:45, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I have removed the more dubious sources and added several legitimate ones. The subject is clearly notable, and I don't think it's appropriate to open AfDs for the sole purpose of fixing sourcing problems. Gilded Snail (talk) 17:32, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Improper nomination of notable historic figure, easily verified by simplest WP:BEFORE google - first page turns up encyclopedia entries, scholarly books + more. Many pages have some unacceptable sources added, the solution is to remove them, not to delete the page, for Pete's sake. E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:36, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep per all the above. Flawed IP nomination of notable historic figure that at least spurred article improvement. Havradim (talk) 22:49, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep Sorry, but I also feel this is a ridiculous nomination. Govvy (talk) 13:39, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above. In addition, I am surprised by this nomination from a veteran editor, who has been making quite a lot of deletion nominations recently. Debresser (talk) 18:27, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Debresser, well I was nominating on behalf of an IP. I assumed the IP did the before check and didn't perform one myself. --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 19:33, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I see. Debresser (talk) 20:48, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The subject has more than passing treatments in indexed journals, and a basic BEFORE also finds at least a couple discussions in books by reputable publishers, (e.g. here [1]). This seems to meet WP:ANYBIO. Chetsford (talk) 03:28, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Plenty of sources. The user, I believe, was simply wrong in passing on this anonymous person's complaints as though they meant anything. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 06:07, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, meets WP:ANYBIO (in orthodox judaism) and WP:GNG, article now reflects this, and a big thanks to Tyw7for creating this afd on behalf of an ip, one of a number of wikitasks that are little appreciated. Coolabahapple (talk) 04:42, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Clearly notable in even a cursory BEFORE - heck - he's still getting full length profiles in newspapers almost a century after death - [2]. Icewhiz (talk) 11:25, 30 July 2019 (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.