Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maher Zain

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 no consensus. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 08:25, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maher Zain[edit]

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Non notable musician fails WP:MUSICBIO and also WP:GNG Mo ainm~Talk 11:06, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. —Mo ainm~Talk 11:09, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note I declined speedy deletion on this article because of statements like "Maher has already performed at sold out concerts in Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Holland, Sweden, and the US amongst others and is fast becoming the ‘next superstar of Islamic music’." which, if sourced, will be strongly in favour of this artiste's notability. No !vote. Kimchi.sg (talk) 11:10, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- But there are no independent reliable sources to back up these claims that I can find. Mo ainm~Talk 11:13, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - But the fact that notability is claimed qualifies it to escape speedy deletion. Not always, but I chose to be cautious. Whether there are sources for the claim is better decided by AfD, not a single admin. Kimchi.sg (talk) 11:40, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep re the soldout concerts: There is "Fans throng to Maher Zain's Album debut concert at AUC", Daily News Egypt, 26 March 2010 for Cairo ("performed to a full house at the American University's (AUC) Spring concert Thursday.") and "An evening dedicated to peace and harmony...", Gulf Daily News, 3 August 2010 for others ("He has performed to sold out crowds at concerts in the UK, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Macedonia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.") The first article is a concert review with info about him and the second is announcing a free concert with a decent section (170 words) on Zain's life/career. Looks to me to just scrape in. duffbeerforme (talk) 11:11, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He had preformed at concerts that were sold and wasn't the only performer so it is not like a solo tour by him has sold out. Mo ainm~Talk 13:54, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:05, 12 August 2010 (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.