Ali_Eftekhari – No action taken. In general, for an AfD decision so long ago (7 years), there is no bar to anybody re-creating the article on their own. But, it needs to be recognized that passage of time is not enough; the new article also needs to address the issues which led to the previous version being deleted. In this case, a new version of this article would need to include sufficient reliable sources to demonstrate notability. The consensus here is that the sources presented at the moment don't do that. – -- RoySmith(talk)20:38, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The following is an archived debate of the deletion review of the page above. Please do not modify it.
Comment the AFD was quite awhile ago, so it's certainly possible circumstances have changed in the interim. However, the source given by the nominator is a brochure of some sort that wouldn't be considered a reliable source for our purposes, while the other link won't load for me at all. Does that really represent the best possible sourcing if a new article were created? Andrew Lenahan - Starblind03:11, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Some of the main objections made in multiple comments at the previous AfD (including by me) were that his citation counts were too low to indicate notability via WP:PROF#C1 and that he had no real academic position. Both of those issues have changed for the better: his Google scholar profile now shows one 100+-citation paper [1] (although the other numbers there should be taken with caution as the profile appears to include some publications that are not by the subject) and according to the linked brochure he has landed a position as department head at a university that, while not well known in international research, appears to be the top in its nation, Jimma University. But it's still a borderline case; department head is too low an administrative position for WP:PROF (which only gives automatic notability to heads of entire universities), the citation record is still not high enough to be convincing, and the sources presented are WP:PRIMARY. Do we have any other sources that could provide evidence of notability? A profile in the major national newspaper of his country, for instance? It wouldn't have to be in English. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:45, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
No action for now. An AFD 8 years ago shouldn't be a stumbling block if the situation has changed, but we don't seem to have the sufficiant coverage in reliable sources for a BLP. Undeleting the old article doesn't look like it would be a good idea, either, but there's no clear way forward until sources are found. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind20:04, 17 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The above is an archive of the deletion review of the page listed in the heading. Please do not modify it.
