Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohammad Hossein Bagherifard

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:02, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mohammad Hossein Bagherifard[edit]

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Mohammad Hossein Bagherifard

Probable autobiography of Iranian filmmaker. The subject made a film, Uncle Saeed, which may or may not be notable, but currently exists as Draft:Uncle Saeed. The subject also states that they have made two more films, without verification. The article has been reference-bombed with links to web pages that have passing mentions of the film, and sometimes the filmmaker.

Reference Number	Reference	Comments	Independent	Significant	Reliable	Secondary
1	http://www.entekhab.ir/	Web site times out	?	No	No	?
2	cinemaorg.ir	A report by the Iranian film censorship agency,stating that Uncle Saeed was approved	Yes	No - Entries of the film and the filmmaker in a list	Yes	No
3	hashure.com	A blurb about the film	No. The blurb comes from the filmmaker.	No, passing mention	Probably	No
4	rottentomatoes.com	A short description of Uncle Saeed. Says that there are no reviews.	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
5	filmfreeway.com	A blurb about the film. The same blurb as is used in 3.	No	No, passing mention	Probably	No
6	fftgawards.com	A list of films including Uncle Saeed	Probably	No, passing mention of film, and not of filmmaker	Probably	No
7	edukino.pl	A list of films qualifying for a Polish festival including Uncle Saeed	Yes	No, passing mention	Probably	No
8	festival-meihodo.com	A list of films in another festival	Yes	No, passing mention	Probably	No
9	halamostanad.ir	A list of Iranian films entered in a Japanese film festival	Yes	No, passing mention of film, and of filmmaker	Probably	No
10	mehrnews.com	Mention of an award received by Uncle Saeed. No information as to prestigiousness of award	Yes	No, another passing mention	Probably	No
11	accoladecompetition.org	Mention of an award received by Uncle Saeed. No information as to prestigiousness of award	Yes	No, another passing mention	Probably	No
12	teater.ir	Another list of awards with no information as to prestigiousness of award.	Yes	No, another passing mention	Probably	No
13	njfilmawards.com	Mention of their award to Uncle Saeed in January 2023. No information as to prestige of award.	Yes	No, another passing mention	Probably	No

None of the references are significant. Some of them refer to awards received by the film, which apparently is entered in festivals of unknown prestige and sometimes have received awards of unknown prestige, and we know that the film industry has many vanity awards. The film may be notable, but the drafts have been declined, and further work may be required to establish notability. Even if the film were notable, the references are all passing mentions, with no significant coverage. If the film draft is accepted, a redirect from the filmmaker to the film may be in order, but we don't make redirects from article space to draft space, and the BLP needs deleting. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:49, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, Film, and Iran. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:49, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nomination. Sources in English on Iranian filmmakers can be difficult to find, and searching for this one is slightly complicated by the use of alternative spellings of his surname in Persian: "Bagherifard" and "Bagheri Fard". I've added the latter to the lead section, as the article creator User:Mhbf used that spelling when uploading his photo to FAwiki, though not in the title for some reason. One reference calls him "Mohammad Hossein Bagheri".[1] Unfortunately I can find even less on him in Persian than in English. Maybe a native Persian speaker can comment: I know just three words in Persian, and can only search using a translation tool.

As nominator R. McC. notes above, nearly all of these awards and festival selections are pretty obscure, and at least one, the "New Jersey Film Awards" is an obvious pay-to play, "awarded" monthly: [2].

The "Accolade Global Film Competition" similarly awards "monthly certificates of merit". Mehr News Agency does a brief report on it in one reference, but they seem to have mistaken a monthly certificate for an actual award.

The FFTG Awards are notable, and the Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival also seems notable from RS press coverage, but as nominator says, a passing mention of having a film shown or of being a finalist for an award doesn't bring coverage up to WP:NFILMMAKER. Wikishovel (talk) 05:45, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

I added more reliable references, including the IMDB site Mhbf (talk) 09:17, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, unfortunately IMDb is not a reliable source: please see WP:IMDB for the reasons why. Thanks, Wikishovel (talk) 09:47, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Fails WP:GNG and WP:FILMMAKER. This is a confirmed WP:AUTOB as the author has previously stated they are Mohammad Hossein Bagherifarad. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:16, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Delete per the source table, I can't find anything extensive about the individual. Source table doesn't show anything extra we can use. Oaktree b (talk) 14:05, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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