Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akbar Alemi

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 21:09, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Akbar Alemi[edit]

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(Find sources in farsi: اکبر عالمی )

No reliable sources to support claims, the only one I found seemed to be for a different person(?) Creating the work listing in filmography does not make it notable. I would love to see more references and the article improved. heather walls (talk) 01:01, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep - I searched about him via Google, there are some independent Persian sources. Regarding his national (and not international) activity, we can't find any English sources about him and the most are in native language. This is one of the Persian reliable sources. ●Mehran ^Debate● 08:11, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I've added a reference and I'm going to add some reliable info in coming days so plz don't delete the article.Soroush90gh (talk) 14:15, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The reference you added is not a reliable secondary source, and that's what we are looking for. Please see this note on good references. Someone who can read the Persian sources should add them (I cannot). heather walls (talk) 16:50, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:06, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:06, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:06, 10 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete sources are feeble. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:29, 10 November 2012 (UTC).[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cheers, Riley Huntley 00:28, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Despite the improvements this still does not show evidence of passing WP:PROF or WP:GNG. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:06, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've add some new reliable sources in English and Persian. Soroush90gh (talk) 10:21, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Vacation^nine 00:10, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 04:40, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - yes, some sources have been added but the fact remains that many of them are primary sources (written by the subject) and others simply do not provide "significant coverage" of the subject. Being a guest judge at a film festival is not in and of itself notable. I just can't see how the subject meets WP:GNG or any of the profession-specific criteria, but I'm more than happy to discuss it if others believe otherwise. Stalwart111 05:04, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep He is notable in Iran. There is no prohibition In Wikipedia guidelines in providing non-English sources. We should add more sources to this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by US Academia (talk • contribs) 20:58, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

— US Academia (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

There is no objection to using non-English sources, but if you want them to be accepted by English-speaking editors on the English Wikipedia you may need to provide translations of them. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:45, 9 December 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Delete no evidence of meeting WP:PROF. if he is notable in Iran I'd like to see some sources, does not have to be in English. LibStar (talk) 00:38, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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