Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patrick Alavi

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. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:28, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Patrick Alavi

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I have just noticed this article after I received an echo for Russ Chimes. I am not disputing whether or not Alavi needs an article - he passes WP:MUSICBIO#C2 - but I am disputing whether or not we need this one per WP:TNT. This one is very horribly written - I have already banished a diatribe of

this

from the article and I really went into one on the talk page regarding its referencing. Does the fact that Alavi has had some poxy #79 hit on the Dutch Singles Chart really necessitate us lugging this shit-tip around? Laun chba ller 09:32, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. AFD is not cleanup, barring exceptional cases. This article needs work, but I don't see any reason it should be considered too bad to allow normal editorial processes to improve. Nothing in the article stands out as a BLP violation, and the nominator agrees the subject meets the notability threshold. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 13:37, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:45, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:45, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:51, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:15, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I concur with Squeamish Ossifrage; change all the uses of "Patrick" to "Alavi" per WP:SURNAME (which I've done) and (perhaps thanks to cleanup efforts by other editors during the AfD) it now reads as a reasonably objective and factual piece. --Arxiloxos (talk) 13:59, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The subject is notable, and the article is not so bad that it needs to be nuked and started again. Thanks to Arxiloxos and others for cleanup so far. Moswento ^talky 14:10, 23 April 2014 (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.