Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amir Taaki

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 discussion centred on whether the sources were sufficient to meet the notability guidelines. In particular, the significance of the interviews was questioned. However, the consensus is that WP:GNG is met. NAC. Bridgeplayer (talk) 15:10, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Amir Taaki

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I don't think subject matter passes WP:NOTABILITY. Genjix (talk) 09:18, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - Sufficient footnotes showing to constitute notability in Wikipedia terms, including British and German interviews. With all due respect to the subject, people may not "really need" to know about you, but they might want to. No BLP issues that I can spot. A nicely done piece. Carrite (talk) 00:08, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Don't know if the subject's post was reverse psychology or whatever, but appears notable and well written, except..... Need the immense amount of external links taken out of the body. North8000 (talk) 02:38, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- How can I get certain things changed that are incorrect and/or slightly dated? I can provide references where needed. Genjix (talk) 09:20, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

We'll work on this if it closes keep here. Thanks for asking and not leaping in yourself; sometimes self-editing is acceptable, but it's a pretty fine line to tread. If this closes keep (and it should) we'll get it fixed up and I'll be happy to clue you in on what the culture is regarding acceptable and unacceptable edits on pages of which one is the subject. No worries. Carrite (talk) 05:01, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The article isn't great, and there isn't an overwhelming number of hits, but the interview with the Tagesspiegel itself is already a pretty god indication of notability. Drmies (talk) 01:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tagesspiegel is a small, political newspaper with a circulation of 120000, if that. As I am European, to explain to American readers, coverage in that paper is analogous to coverage in a very minor libertarian newspaper in a city such as Seattle. Antiselfpromotion (talk) 16:42, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A long-established newspaper with a circulation of 120,000 (or 148,000 according to our article) is hardly "small" or "very minor". Phil Bridger (talk) 18:26, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The topical interviews very clearly do not establish notability under WP:BIO. That there are many footnotes does not establish notability by itself. The sources are not detailed profiles of the subject. They are interviews in which he is consulted for factual information about a matter of topical news. The rest of the article is original research about the subject's political viewpoints (with no notability established as a political commentator), as drawn from his own online writings on message boards. Antiselfpromotion (talk) 16:42, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Antiselfpromotion misstates WP:GNG and WP:OUTCOMES. Sufficient citations of a good quality throws the burden of proof onto the nominator, by presuming notability. The nomination has not stated why a presumptively notable person's article should be deleted, other than WP:IDONTLIKEIT. Bearian (talk) 19:01, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As I read the citations, he was not 'covered' under WP:GNG. He was asked about something topical. Someone consulted by press on e.g. the BP oil spill would not be notable on that basis, even if there had been multiple consultations. The citations establish that he should perhaps be listed in the article on Bitcoin, nothing more. Antiselfpromotion (talk) 01:00, 15 September 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.