Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheikh Mahmud Bin Abdul Kareem

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The result was delete. apparently unverifiable. though there are sometimes problems with sourcing in this geographic area, it's very unlikely there would be for a person of this wealth. If we're all wrong, and someone does find sources, then there can be an article. DGG ( talk ) 19:15, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sheikh Mahmud Bin Abdul Kareem[edit]

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I think this is a hoax. I cannot find any evidence that this person exists, despite a claimed net worth of $4.1 billion. The article claims the subject is the founder and chairman of a telecommunications company. The creator of the article also wrote an article about the company [1] by copying and pasting the article on Emirates Telecommunications Corporation [2]. The subject of this article is not the chairman of Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, and was not at the time the article was written (the current chairman, Mohammed Omran, has been in that position since 2005 [3]). Given that the creator of this article added a cleanup template dated six months earlier I suspect the content may have originally been copied and pasted from somewhere else. Hut 8.5 15:18, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I'd been wondering about this myself, I'd had no luck sourcing this, and was surprised this person wasn't on Forbes' list of billionaires. Not sure it's a hoax, but it's certainly unsourced and i've had no luck sourcing it, I'd be happy to reevaluate if some of the claims here proved verifiable. --joe decker ^{talk to me} 15:38, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Couldn't find anything to source it with. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 16:09, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Arab Emirates-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 20:53, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Unverifiable at best, probable hoax. The only Gbooks hit is a copy of this article. Edward321 (talk) 00:19, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - possible hoax. If he had a net worth of $4.1 billion, he would almost certainly have garnered some coverage. PhilKnight (talk) 20:02, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - I have been unable to locate any reliable source coverage. I tried some common spelling changes on the name as well, and was also unable to turn anything up. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 02:41, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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