Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abbas Vali
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The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 05:28, 21 March 2025 (UTC)
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Lack of notability Shkuru Afshar (talk) 07:18, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and Iran. Shellwood (talk) 13:33, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
- Keep. From a brief search there seem to be more than enough reviews of his books to satisfy WP:NAUTHOR. Reviews of Pre-Capitalist Iran: A Theoretical History: [1] [2] [3]. Reviews of Kurds and the State in Iran: The Making of Kurdish Identity: [4] [5] [6]. Reviews of Kurdish Nationalism in Iran: The Forgotten Years (1947-1979): [7] [8]. MCE89 (talk) 15:18, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and Politics. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 17:33, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
- Keep I added MCE89's reviews and more; they give him a clear pass of WP:AUTHOR. He also has a case for WP:PROF#C6 as head of the University of Kurdistan Hewler. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:09, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
- Keep Without considering his other resume, due to being the head of the University of Kurdistan Hewler, meets WP:PROF. Gedaali (talk) 07:16, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
- Weak Keep If the subject does indeed meet WP:GNG, additional, and better, sourcing should be available and the article improved Variety312 (talk) 17:35, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
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