Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leopoldo Ali Shahriari

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The result was Delete. Fram (talk) 11:06, 24 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Leopoldo Ali Shahriari[edit]

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Nonnotable unsuccessful candidate for local office (county supervisor in Virginia). Fails WP:BIO. Only local news coverage. NawlinWiki (talk) 18:38, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Notable candidate and political activist for advocacy of political reforms in the context of the Third Universal Theory. Youngest Muslim candidate in history of Virginia.

Muslim American Political Candidate — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mberg52 (talk • contribs) 18:51, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

meets notability criterion under the following: 2.Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage.[7](cited references prove this) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mberg52 (talk • contribs) 19:06, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

delete It's rare to get so few Google hits for a name: us, a voter's guide, a couple of others, and a page in Chinese which may or may not be relevant. An unsuccessful candidate for local office simply doesn't meet our notability standards. Mangoe (talk) 20:42, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:45, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:45, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

keep did a search on Ali shahriari as well as whole name, found regional and national news soueces, including the washington post. also notable for being among the vary few american muslims to be involved with poltics. also notable for activism with regards to Third Universal Theory — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mberg52 (talk • contribs) 18:04, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It'd help a ton if you add those footnotes to the article along with (or even before) !voting. Please add them ASAP so folks can take them into account. MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:37, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I concur with Mangoe. Bondegezou (talk) 18:09, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The page is about a political activist and economist who is very active in the political process in Virginia. Ali Shahriari is one of very few Muslim Americans who have been candidates in political races in the U.S. as well as a staunch advocate for vast democratic political reform. ~~Bondegezou (talk)~~ Comment was left by User:199.107.67.100 and mis(?)-signed.
- I did not leave the comment immediately above: I say delete as per the comment one above. Bondegezou (talk) 18:28, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I searched everywhere I could, using both his full name and "Ali Shahriari". I could not find a shred of evidence of coverage in a single independent, reliable source. I could hardly find any coverage at all, even in unreliable sources. I'd be interested to see references to the coverage keep !votes are claiming, because if it does exist it must be very hard to find. Is it offline? Fails WP:GNG, WP:BASIC and so forth. --Batard0 (talk) 08:44, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- I did find this in the Washington Post, but note it's a simple voter guide, not evidence of significant coverage. --Batard0 (talk) 08:45, 23 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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