Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Selam Ahderom

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 of the debate was Delete. --Darth Deskana (talk page) 20:22, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Selam Ahderom

As with Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2006_April_25#Naisan_Azimi, this was prodded for deletion by the article's author, but the prod was contested, so here it is at AfD. Eusebeus 16:48, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

• delete - non-notable. Cuñado - Talk 17:13, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Most Bahá'ís well-known among others of our Faith are all but unknown to the general public, including rather major Western figures such as William Sears. I can't really comment on these AfDs as I don't know enough about these people, but it leaves me wondering about what informational standard Wikipedia should be held up to. Danny Lilithborne 19:25, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. There is a good argument for keeping Ahderom not only for his status in the Baha'i faith (which I suggest must be roughly comparable to that of a Church of England Bishop: plenty of those in Wikipedia); but - with an eye to countering systemic bias - also for his status as an African academic: he gains 16 Google Scholar hits [1] and a respectable 80 G-hits [2]. Humansdorpie 20:09, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
• possibly speedy delete -- all non-formatting changes (except two : Eritria -> East Africa -> East Africa (Ethiopia)) are by the original author, who requested deletion. (If not speedy, No Opinion.) — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 22:44, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletions. -- Humansdorpie 20:09, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Unremarkable academic. Golfcam 01:31, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
• Unsure, non-notable as a Baha'i Counsellor, but possibly as a scholar, and combined together, maybe enough to keep him. -- Jeff3000 17:55, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nn, fails prof test too. --Strothra 16:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per author's request. However, I would be inclined to vote "keep" otherwise, since Councillors seem fairly notable. -- Visviva 01:42, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

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.