Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ali Nasr

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The result was keep. Article improved. Nomination withdrawn via Keep !vote by nominator. (non-admin closure) | Uncle Milty | talk | 10:18, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ali Nasr

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No assertion of notability Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 16:11, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy delete - As per nom, I failed to find or trace any coverage on the subject. Eduemoni ^↑talk↓ 18:24, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep With all due respect to the nominator, the article asserts notability as a prominent Iranian playwright and gives a reference. There are plenty of other references readily available. The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama gives significant coverage of one of his plays. There is a six volume work called History of Civilizations of Central Asia, published by UNESCO. In the volume called Towards the Contemporary Period: From the Mid-nineteenth to the End of the Twentieth Century, he is described as "one of the founding fathers of modern Iranian theatre". He is described in the The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 5: Asia/Pacific. He is described as "The leading personality of the theatre in Iran during the Rida Shah period" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam: MAHK-MID. The History of Theater in Iran says that he was "hailed as the father of modern Iranian theater". I encourage withdrawal of this nomination. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 21:21, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - found an article on BBC Persian that says he's one of the founders of theatres in Iran. added to article. Spada II ♪♫ (talk) 07:08, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There have been some good references added since the nomination, I was the original nominator. Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 08:28, 25 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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