Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yousef Al Omeir

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 14:33, 30 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yousef Al Omeir[edit]

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There is no substantial RS coverage that indicates notability. A google search of the subject delivers nothing. The page has been tagged with "needs sources" since 2011 but nothing has been added in the last decade. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 00:42, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. userdude 01:36, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. userdude 01:36, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Arab Emirates-related deletion discussions. userdude 01:36, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: So the title of the article isn't actually the name the subject goes by, which is why sources were literally nonexistent if you searched using that name. Going by the company's website from 2006, the name he uses is actually Yousef Omair Bin Yousef, arabized to "يوسف عمير بن يوسف". However even searchign with that name, the sources that did appear were still scant, almost all primary sources, and did nothing to fulfill WP:GNG. Curbon7 (talk) 09:01, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep I have added sources and information to the article. The man in charge of the output of the world's third largest energy exporter for ten years, a key figure in the industry whose expansion and diversification programs are still impacting the industry today. Sails past WP:GNG. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 06:08, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

PS - if we get beyond a deletion discussion, which we should given the sources now provided and clear notability of the subject, I'd propose a move to Yousef Omeir bin Yousef Al Mheiri as a better transcription of his commonly used name. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 11:59, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What I find very bothersome here is that the individual who is the subject of the article gets all the credit for company decisions and successes--it's not unlike the puff pieces one reads on CEOs and university presidents. I can't easily judge the sources, but ArabianBusiness seems like just another industry website, and Plunkett's is just another directory-style document. Drmies (talk) 17:22, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- From what I can tell, the only RS on the subject is a Reuters source that says: 1. Yousef Al Omeir resigned from ADNOC in 2011, 2. Yousef Al Omeir was CEO of the org for more than a decade, 3. Yousef Al Omeir used to be the Secretary-General of the Supreme Petroleum Council.[1] If there is a decision to "keep" the article or a lack of consensus to "delete", then the article should basically only say what the Reuters article says. As it stands, the article is a string of self-sourced press releases which are presented in Wikipedia's own voice to give readers the impression that the subject is one of the great business and technology visionaries of our time. In other words, one of Alexandermcnabb's typical puff pieces for UAE's ruling elites. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 17:40, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - Alright. Delete. Drmies (talk) 01:56, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Arabian Business is an independently owned business magazine published by ITP Ltd. Al Bayan is a national Arabic language daily. WAM is the UAE national news agency. Alexandermcnabb had nothing to do with this until you nominated this prominent businessman for deletion, as usual without even attempting a WP:BEFORE. He clearly passes [WP:GNG]]. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 05:41, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As there is not enough significant coverage in reliable sources for notability.Jackattack1597 (talk) 10:32, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Qwaiiplayer (talk) 14:11, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 23:11, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete not seeing the significant, in-depth coverage in independent RS. Neutrality^talk 23:14, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment the GNG rule makes me irritated Esaïe Prickett (talk) 01:48, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep, mostly because AfD is not designed to clean up articles. That said, this article needs to be cleaned up. Claims to notability and importance, like, "During his tenure as CEO of ADNOC, he pursued aggressive expansion and diversification plans." are completely un-sourced. The sources aren't great, let's be honest, and there are more important people we should be writing about. But I've created articles about some mundane and boring stuff substantially less important than this particular business boffin. And the fact that other stuff exists, or not, isn't a good reason for deletion. St★lwart¹¹¹ 06:00, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - What I said above was true, but I was a bit hasty. I was waiting for my Google Translate to process a couple of things. They are of even less substance than some of the others. I think it need better sources before it falls over the threshold of WP:GNG. St★lwart¹¹¹ 06:04, 27 July 2021 (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.