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The result was keep. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:18, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Touraj Atabaki[edit]

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The person is not notable or significant. Not every chaired academic with a bunch of books and publication should be on Wikipedia. The article does not provide independent and reliable references. Plus, a personal website is not a reference and is more of like self-promotion. Pirehelo (talk) 03:48, 24 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Per WP:NACADEMIC, meets the two following criteria:

5. The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research (or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon).
6. The person has held a highest-level elected or appointed administrative post at a major academic institution or major academic society.

Atabaki is "Professor Emeritus, holder of the chair of the Social History of the Middle East and Central Asia at the Leiden University" [1] and has been elected as the President of the International Society for Iranian Studies (2014-2016), publisher of the renowned Iranian Studies. [2] Pahlevun (talk) 16:20, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Discussion page was created without the ((afd2)) template and never transcluded to a daily log. Fixed now--I have no opinion on the nomination itself at this time. @Pirehelokan: For future nominations, please fully follow the procedures at WP:AFDHOWTO. Thank you. --Finngall ^talk 16:46, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. --Finngall ^talk 16:51, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions. --Finngall ^talk 16:52, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. --Finngall ^talk 16:52, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep -- most likely meets WP:AUTHOR; his three books are widely held (400+, 200+, and 200+) libraries. Here's worldcat identities. Reviews are likely to be available. K.e.coffman (talk) 00:54, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. I found (and added to the article) six of his books with published reviews. That's a lot for an academic, and definitely enough for WP:AUTHOR. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:11, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.