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The result was delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 01:39, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Khalil Kalfat (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Delete based on the current content of the article. This article was started by User:Hamuksha, a new user whose contributions thus far have been centered around this article and placing this article on November 26, 1942, etc. The content of the article does not assert the notability of its subject - no publications, external links, etc. Furthermore, the subject has only 49 Ghits. Thus, there is no indication that Kalfat meets the criteria outlined in WP:BIO. Fabricationary 17:37, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy Delete db-bio. Danny Lilithborne 20:13, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy delete - under CSD A7. Jayden54 21:51, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I was wondering if this article could be speedied, but I listed it for AFD because the CSD A7 criteria is meant for pages that don't assert the importance of their subjects. On Khalil Kalfat, it could be argued that reasons why he is important are given, but these claims are not supported by external links, lists of his works, etc. Fabricationary 22:08, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as there are indications his linguistics and translation work may be notable (Arabic and French wikipedias have stubs articles too) but there are very few English-language sources to satisfy WP:BIO. --Dhartung | Talk 22:44, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Lack of English-language sources is not a valid reason for deletion if sources are available in other languages. He's either notable (due to multiple instances of coverage) or he's not; there's no such thing as "notable in Arabic but not notable in English". cab 13:20, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Egypt-related deletions. --   ⇒ bsnowball  15:05, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete don't see any evidence of multiple instances of coverage. (I contacted the page's author to ask if he has any, but I suspect these would not be forthcoming.) Only given a peripheral mention in all Google hits about him, even in the one given as a source. Of 2 hits on Arabic name, one is from the sports pages and talks about soccer (so I'm pretty sure it's just another guy by the same name, though my Arabic is crap) and the other one's a forum. cab 13:20, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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