Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fawaz Hussain

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 Keep. Jpeob 20:27, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fawaz Hussain

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Does not seem to be notable or meet criterium for inclusion. Few unique google hits for this person, since search also shows lots of other names who are not this person. Khorshid 14:01, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Keep Googling "Fawaz Husên" yields a couple of hundred hits, most of them in Turkish or Kurdish, often traceable to the subject's literary activity. WP:BIAS is clearly relevant here. Stammer 09:01, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Regretfully 200 google hits in Kurdish and Turkish is not enough for WP:BIO. Khorshid 10:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Regretfully — WP:BIO doesn't have any rule that states that there is an amount of google hits one needs to pass to be on Wikipedia and if we had that that would of been stupid wouldn't it? Ozgur Gerilla 00:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep Just because some nations were not able to advertise themselves on Google is not our business. Please see systemic bias. We have shorter articles about fictional Pokemon and Star Wars characters and planets, so please keep things in context while keeping in mind the issue of systemic bias. Baristarim 23:39, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I guarentee you that, if Kurds were a more wealthier nation who could all afford computer and DSL Net access at their homes and all spoke English perfectly, you would be getting much more hits. That's all I am saying, I don't know this guy or his works, but we shouldn't be deleting an article just because the guy is not on google. Baristarim 23:44, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

1) Why are you replying to yourself? 2) There is "criteria of notability" on WP, see WP:BIO -its not just about google but also 3rd-party sources. this guy is just a prof - see WP:PROF Khorshid 23:55, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I was not replying to myself!! I was talking to Savas, the other guy who possesses my brain from time to time. Hey, wait a minute? (Baris=peace, Savas=war) :)))) Baristarim 00:30, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh great, here he goes ... this is called "wikistalking" Khorshid 23:41, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Excuse me? Argue on content, not on people. Is there something wrong with what my post above? I also have a right to browse wiki, and in the likelihood that we run into each other, I also have a right to voice my opinion. This is not relevant, argue on content and not people. Baristarim 23:44, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

LOL You are excused Khorshid 23:55, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep here is the mans books http://www.amazon.fr/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-fr&field-author=Fawaz%20Hussain&page=1 I think this is enough of a reason for one to be on Wiki — specially some want it there I think that's the whole idea of the Wiki so please let it be there: more never means less - it's not like we're shoving it to peoples face. Ozgur Gerilla 00:29, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, he is notable in Kurdish literature because he has translated works of Albert Camus and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry into Kurdish.Heja Helweda 00:18, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • That doesnt make him notable according to WP:BIO and WP:PROF. He's just a translator (and a professor yes?) Should I create an article for every Persian translator of English literature?? Will you vote keep when they put it up for AFD? Khorshid 00:21, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

The first persian translation of The Little Prince was done by Mohammad Ghazi. I beleive there should be anarticle about him, as he is also very important. Moreover I have not created articles for all Kurdish translators, but only for the important ones.Heja Helweda 22:24, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, the English Wikipedia has scores of articles on English authors and translators, and there doesn't seem to be any reason to exclude this author. Khorshid, I would ask you to keep it more civil and less personal.--Prosfilaes 19:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

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