Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rabah Alquei'i

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 delete. - Mailer Diablo 01:32, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rabah Alquei'i

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I think he isn't a really famous person (What did he do for the world!), he has written this article about himself (look at history of article). OsamaK 13:16, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

• Comment There is nothing in the history that indicates that he has written the article himself, and "What did he do for the world!" is not a valid deletion argument. Actually, there aren't any valid arguments in the nomination at all. 96T 13:32, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - Google search returns only 5 results, of which 4 are wikipedia or mirrors. This is the only other result, and 1 google hit is hardly notable. Unless more sources are found, delete it. mattbuck 13:37, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - actually if you look at the history of the article, it was started by a user named "Rabio", which is clearly a play on his own name "Rabah". Furthermore, he wrote the same article about himself under his full given name "Rabah al-Quwai'i" in the Arabic version of Wikipedia also and later went on a long hiatus. When the article was later nominated for deletion, he reappeared suddenly to unilaterally remove the deletion tage. There are only three independent sources that speak of him: Human Rights Watch calling for his release [1], CPJ announcing 13 days later that he was released [2], and a very sympathetic article on the website of an Arabic satellite news station (al-Arabiya) that reports on him being harassed by religious conservatives in his town and saying: "Rabah al-Quwai'i, whose intellectual activities have been limited to appearing on internet web forums under his real name to debate intellectual issues and express ideas contrary to those of some conservatives" [3] (Arabic). I have nothing but sympathy for what this young man has gone through, but I can find references in news reports to people who have gone through much worse and that doesn't mean they are notable enough for Wikipedia. At the very least, we should see if someone other than himself will eventually see fit to write a decent, well-sourced article about him. -- Slacker 14:40, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
  • ‌Comment: He has written an article about him self at Arabic Wikipedia (his name was Rabah) And I think he is Rabio at English Wikipedia.--OsamaK 15:24, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom. RMHED 17:34, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

• Delete he is not famous person i am with delete this article Bayrak 17:56, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete The nomination might have been worded differently, but notability is not establised. He might fit into an article as an illustration of Saudi censorship or the like, but doesn't warrant a serarate article. Eixo 18:54, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

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