Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taleeb Noormohamed

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 keep. The sense of the discussion is that the article improved enough to avoid deletion. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 11:27, 1 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Taleeb Noormohamed[edit]

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Yet another in the eternal line of unelected candidates in the current Canadian federal election, who has no properly sourced indication of notability for anything besides being an unelected candidate (which, per WP:POLITICIAN, is not a valid claim of notability.) He can certainly come back if he wins, but he's not entitled to use Wikipedia as a campaign tool in the meantime. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 05:56, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Bearcat, All honesty - this wasn't meant to be used as a campaign tool. Our intention was to use it as a biography of him for professional means - being the VP of VANOC and President & CEO of a turned-around technology company. I will edit the page to reflect this and use the political aspect as a small feature, not main. Apologize for inconvenience. Please let me know if this is ok. - User: Fudge786 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fudge786 (talk • contribs) 07:17, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have edited the page, Taleeb Noormohamed. Please let me know if this is satisfactory now. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fudge786 (talk • contribs) 07:59, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

AFD needs to decide that, not me; to my eyes, it still has a "campaign brochure" tone to it (frex, referring to him by his first name instead of his last name, talking about what he believes, etc.), but it's up to AFDers to decide whether it meets their standards or not. Bearcat (talk) 22:14, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the feedback. I've made more changes to reflect what you've said. Hopefully this will be ok. If not, I can continue making revisions until it works for both parties. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fudge786 (talk • contribs) 05:16, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I personally don't see anything wrong with the article, which despite Mr. Noormohamed's present status as a federal Liberal candidate is neutral. Many North Vancouver residents doing political due diligence such as myself are looking for more information than appears in his campaign material. The article provides some of it. (moved from talk page, as this is a more appropriate location). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12phil34 (talk • contribs) 05:16, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's not Wikipedia's job to provide "equal time" to all candidates in an election as a public service to the voters; our job is to demonstrate through the use of reliable sources that the topic actually meets our notability rules — and just being a candidate in an election, even a current one, does not fulfill that standard by itself. Bearcat (talk) 20:24, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:34, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Decently written, verifiable, neutral, meets WP:GNG per the assertions and sources given. It's still borderline as far as meeting WP:POLITICIAN, but I think his other achievements and press mentions make up for it. -- œ ^™ 19:16, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:09, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fudge786 (talk • contribs) 06:22, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep Verifiable and neutral, but I think this one is borderline for the GNG. Some of the sources are company press releases, and the press articles seem to be in the context of the election. However, they are more in depth than a casual mention. I think this passes, but barely. Ray^Talk 16:42, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. WP:ARTSPAM content has been rewritten in accordance to WP:NPOV, and his other accomplishments alone seem to be enough to satisfy the criteria for notability. Searching Google for '"Taleeb Noormohamed" -mp -liberal' turns some useful references not related to the election. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:39, 1 May 2011 (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.