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The result was delete. Courcelles 01:54, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Referenced BLP of an Egyptian artist, but activity seems mundane and standard fare; nothing seems particularly notable. Significant COI issues. Note without prejudice that the French Wikipedia article was deleted. Stephen 23:48, 9 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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• Comment Adel Abdul Rahman is listed among the important Egyptian art personalities at the website of the Egypt State Information Service, see the extensive biography and the list of exhibitions here. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 14:53, 10 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Starting at the first ESIS link you wrote, I was unable to click on reasonable-sounding links to get to a page that mentions this person. Starting at the second link you wrote and navigating up one level to the "Arts" link, I do not see this person listed (actually I also checked all other topics in that row too...no match). DMacks (talk) 15:58, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I admit, the link is not entirely convincing, but it should be mentioned here. Starting at the ESIS main page, you click on the little banner "Egyptian Figures" at the right bottom corner, then the "Art" section, and you can find the list of Egyptian art personalities. You can go also through the "Culture & Arts" link (left column), then "Egyptian figures" (right column) etc. It is still the www.sis.gov.eg website. Is the link unreliable? Does the ESIS allow to post self-promotional CV's to anyone? ... and what about this profile at www.fineart.gov.eg (brief site description in English)? Well, we can delete the article, as we don't have editors familiar with the modern Egyptian art or language. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 09:16, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I see the link now. His bio-sketch still does not seem to provide clear evidence of notability per WP:ARTIST or WP:PROF. DMacks (talk) 14:13, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Limited evidence of notability and smacks of self-promotion. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 11:32, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per RHaworth (see also my responses to Vejvančický above). I deleted two refs posted in the article because they were WP mirror publications. Only claim coming close to meeting WP:PROF is certificate/medal from two mayors, but do not sound like actual major awards--nothing beyond what any college professor in similar field would expect to have on resume. DMacks (talk) 15:58, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per DMacks. Obvious self-promotion and total waste of time. The two WP mirror publication:
  • Lambert M. Surhone , Mariam T. Tennoe , Susan F. Henssonow: Adel Abdul Rahman , Betascript Publishing , U.S. A ,U . K , Germany.2010.
  • Egyptian Artists: Hussein El Gebaly, Hassan Mohamed Hassan, Adel Abdul Rahman, Hany Armanious, Suzy Kassem, Mahmoud Mokhtar, Fathi Hassan , Books LLC , USA, 2010.

have been twice removed this month. Playmobilonhishorse (talk) 04:28, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Judging the importance of art personalities here on Wikipedia is not wasting of time, at least for me. Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 09:16, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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