Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robab Farahi-Mahdavieh

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 no consensus. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 15:10, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Robab Farahi-Mahdavieh (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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No reliable sources available to support notability requirements Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 22:41, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 00:06, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 00:06, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Anyone who the Canadian government detains with a security certificate becomes notable because of the media coverage that results, and because less than 30 security certificates have even been issued in Canada. Note that the article already has references. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 00:11, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I could not verify the references in the article. The only reference I could find on her was this, but it does not mention the security certificate. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 12:08, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: I'm unaware of any notability criteria on Wikipedia that references Canadian security certificates. Failing that, we have to judge subjects on the notability criteria that does exist, and this article meets none of them. Nha Trang ^Allons! 19:29, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete the coverage does not rise to the level of justifying an article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:32, 16 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, as it certainly meets Wikipedia:Notability. What User:Eastmain pointed above is proven to be right to me, after I found several independent reliable sources that have covered the subject. The National Post, Montreal Gazette, The American Spectator, The Ottawa Citizen, The Vancouver Sun and Medicine Hat News articles listed are just a handful the whole sack. The case is also important among security certificates, see the papers published by two peer-reviewed academic journals, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism and Canadian Journal of Law and Society. Pahlevun (talk) 20:37, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Delete - I've looked through every source I can access, plus my own BEFORE check. I wasn't able to find more than a couple of lines. This included the generic security certificate articles that were accessible. I didn't find anything that would satisfy WP:GNG, WP:BASIC or WP:ANYBIO. I am aware that there is the potential of additional non-accessible sources being cited, but given the dearth of material The Vancouver Sun source, for example, sounds a potential good one, but I was unable to find it despite a specific search. As such, I feel a Weak Delete judgement is appropriate until more beneficial sourcing is found. Nosebagbear (talk) 18:05, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - I've also looked through the sources and all I could get was that the subject was involved in an alleged flash mob attack on the Iranian embassy in Canada. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 21:30, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See also Mohaz Samadi's RfD. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 22:13, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: Besides the sources dealing with her, hence Wikipedia:Notability is met, she was a key MEK figure and was involved in multiple significant events. --Mhhossein ^talk 06:29, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: what "significant events" what she involved in besides being suspected of organazing a mob demonstration? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 08:50, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, she was probably involved in funnelling money to American politicians, was chief fundraiser and recruiter for MEK in Canada and etc. --Mhhossein ^talk 18:00, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Which WP notability criteria is met by "probably involved in funneling money or being a chief fundraiser for an organization"? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 14:06, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The sources raising the those 'probabilities' prove the notability. --Mhhossein ^talk 15:03, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: Not a notable figure. Poor coverage even in Persian (Google results in Persian).Farhikht (talk) 16:25, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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