Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mehran Ghassemi

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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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:16, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mehran Ghassemi

Mehran Ghassemi (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Has been tagged as an unreferenced orphan with questionable notability for many months with little or no change. This may need to be kept but hopefully the AfD will be a good occasion to check the claims of notability. Pascal.Tesson 18:41, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Keep 19,900 ghits. His interview is all over the internet [1] and has even been translated [2]. I don't know a lot about this subject, but it seems notable to me. -FlubecaTalk 19:59, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak Delete there isn't much to differentiate himself from most journalists. The article itself needs alot of work Sasha Callahan 23:17, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Iran is a large country; its independent press is of wide interest and the subject appears to be one of the better known figures in it. Itsmejudith 14:11, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Mentioned in a few sources, including The Economist. Wish it wasn't an orphan, but that shouldn't get the article deleted. Cmprince 03:07, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - Almost all his google hits are for a single interview that has been syndicated (and the estimate of 19000 hits is way over the top. There's no evidence of his commanding widespread respect as a journalist or even being known. Deb 22:42, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CitiCat ♫ 02:08, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. This may be the first patient for my new WP:ICU concept. Realkyhick 02:25, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment 699 GHits in Persian [3], once you subtract out Blogfa (popular Iranian blog site). My reading skills aren't exactly top of the class, but my cursory scan shows that many of these are articles written by him or interviews conducted by him (rather than interviews/articles of which he was the subject), which doesn't do much to establish notability. Similar comment applies to the interview with Sasan Fayazmanesh: a byline does not contribute to notability. cab 04:27, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and send to emergency room for immediate intensive care. :-) Does seem notable, per the above. — xDanielx T/C 06:48, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletions. -- the wub "?!" 14:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
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.