Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rahnaward Zaryab

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The result was keep. Davewild (talk) 09:00, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rahnaward Zaryab[edit]

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Poorly referenced BLP. I dream of horses (T) @ 05:31, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep Not much sourcing available as far as quantity is concerned, but the New York Times calling him "Afghanistan’s most celebrated novelist" [1] seems notable enough. Everymorning talk 20:01, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Afghanistan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:31, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:31, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:54, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: As well as the NY Times article, numerous academic articles mention him as a notable Afghan writer. See e.g. "The Afghan Experience Reflected in Modern Afghan Fiction (1900–1992) Mir Hekmatullah Sadat From: Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East Volume 28, Number 2, 2008" Ross-c (talk) 22:02, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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