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The result was redirect to Afghan detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Mark Arsten (talk) 16:03, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gholam Ruhani

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On a living Guantanamo prisoner. Fails WP:BLP1E, WP:NOTINHERITED, WP:BIO, WP:GNG. There are no secondary sources to claim notability of the subject and the citations used are WP:PRIMARY sources (WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 84#Reliability of US military summary reports) DBigXray 11:06, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Another Guantanamo article which fails the notability guidelines. ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^Talk ^Email 13:31, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as notable subject that passes WP:GNG- Was the subject of a fairly deep Washington Post article detailing his capture and detainment. Additional details and writings about him from the AP, and the Miami Herald show continued, significant coverage. --Joshuaism (talk) 14:41, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The subject of WP article was "Guantanamo prison and prisoners imprisoned since 5 years", and it mentions Ruhani's case along with few others while talking about the prison. There is a difference.

Also, how a two line statement by the subject is equivalent to significant coverage is beyond my understanding--DBigXray 14:52, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Afghanistan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:38, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:39, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:39, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to Afghan detainees at Guantanamo Bay - fails WP:BLP1E, no significant coverage - only passing mentions. Suitiable for inclusion in the list, though. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:00, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect to Afghan detainees at Guantanamo Bay; multiple passing mentions of the subject, but nothing that I would consider significant coverage per WP:GNG. The Washington Post article linked by Joshuaism, had several paragraphs about the subject, however in reading the total article (3 pages) the main coverage was about the group of long-term unlawful combatants as a whole, and spoke of others in the group, but none that I would consider significantly; therefore, the subject of the article being considered is not the primary subject of the source. Additionally, the AP article gives a one paragraph brief of each unlawful combatant being held from Afghanistan, but one paragraph does not significant coverage make, IMHO. That being said the group of detainees are notable, not necessarily the individual members of said group.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 04:43, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 06:29, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Despite claims to the contrary above we actually know very little about the subject of this article becausethe coverage of the subject isn't signficant at all. Not notable under WP:GNG. Anotherclown (talk) 06:04, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, per nom. Too little coverage by secondary reliable sources, fails WP:GNG and WP:BIO. Given that the creator of this article has created what appears to be dozens or more likely hundreds similar articles on manifestly non-notable individuals that are currently sitting in mainspace and need to be deleted, the "merge" option is unrealistic here. Nobody has the time to sift through this mountain of obscure non-notable material and figure out what and how and where may be merged here. It should simply be deleted, period. Nsk92 (talk) 13:41, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - BLP1E. Being detained, even in Gitmo, is not a notable event. Subject fails to satisfy the general notability guidelines. Tarc (talk) 15:45, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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