Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rafiq Sabir

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The result was Keep, shenanigans with the nominator aside. UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 20:38, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rafiq Sabir (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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This is a vanity article of Non notable writer, part of a walled garden of cruft created by same editor, does not meet WP:GNG. Doesn't meet WP:BIO's standards. Hassan Rebell (talk) 11:38, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Well, after googling in Swedish, and digging up some passing mentions and videos I found out that this man is relatively active in various Kurdish culture activities. Not like that alone justifies any notability. It is possible that some sources are able to prove his notability, but that terrorist makes all searches difficult. However, I am not convinced. Ceosad (talk) 16:05, 13 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:39, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:39, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete for now at best as my searches also found nothing better. SwisterTwister talk 06:06, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: Nom has been indeffed per WP:NOTHERE. —Мандичка^YO 😜 22:47, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- his poetry is held by all the major US institutions that collect poetry in Kurdish. Admittedly, that's few (about 8) but he's represented in all of them. -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 15:08, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - US institutions holds all of the collected poetry. per WP:GNG---BabbaQ (talk) 17:19, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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